Sun & Shadows

What is your name (both first and last, please)

If you traced your shadow at 9:00 in the morning the shadow would be pointing to the ___________

• North

• East

• South

• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In the morning, the sun is the the ________, so shadows are in the _______.

• north; south

• east; west

• south; north

• west; east

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If you traced your shadow at lunch-time and then again after school, the shadow would be ________ than at lunch.

• longer

• shorter

• the same length

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Shadows are longest ________

• at noon time

• at 2:00 in the afternoon

• just before sunset

• at midnight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Shadows are shortest ________

• at noon time

• at 2:00 in the afternoon

• just before sunset

• at midnight

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The earth rotates (spins) on its North-South axis once every _______. This causes day and night.

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• a month

• a year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It looks like the sun is moving from the East, to overhead at noon, to the West because _________.

• The Earth is revolving (orbiting) around the Sun.

• the sun is going around the Earth every day.

• The Earth is rotating (spinning) around its axis.

• The Sun is being pulled across the sky by a chariot.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The Earth revolves (orbits) around the Sun once every _______. This causes seasons.

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• month

• 365 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Because we're in the northern hemisphere, the noontime sun is always a bit to our _________.

• North

• East

• South

• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1