Mystery Science Mystery 1: Day, Night, & Earth's Rotation

The star around which the Earth orbits is the ______________.

• hour

• sunset

• sun

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis is called is _________________________.

• shadow

• sunrise

• day

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The time when it is light or the time between sunrise and sunset is called ____________________.

• day

• night

• hour

• minute

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The period of darkness in every twenty-four hours or the time from sunset to sunrise is called ________________.

• day

• sun

• hour

• night

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around is called a(n) ___________________________.

• rotation

• revolution

• axis

• sundial

The time in the morning when the sun appears is called _________________________.

• sunrise

• morning

• sunset

• night

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The time in the evening when the sun disappears is called __________________________.

• winter

• sunrise

• summer

• sunset