Mystery Science # 2 : Earth's Rotation & Time

What is a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and surface?

• axis

• sundial

• shadow

• sun

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The abbreviation meaning after noon from Latin (post meridiem).

• A.M.

• Mr.

• Mrs.

• P.M.

What is a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth part of a day?

• hour

• minute

• day

• night

The abbreviation meaning before noon from Latin (ante meridiem)

• HCL

• P.M.

• MG

• A.M.

What is an instrument showing the time by the shadow of a pointer cast by the sun on to a plate marked with the hours of the day?

• clock

• wind sock

• weather vane

• sundial

What is an imaginary line that an object spins or revolves around?

• rotation

• axis

• revolution

• night

The star around which the Earth orbits is called the ______________________.

• axis

• Earth

• sundial

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the period of darkness in every twenty-four hours called?

• night

• sunrise

• day

• sunset

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-2