Space Patterns

Why do water rockets not stay in the sky?

• the pull of gravity

• the push of gravity

• the push from the air

• the height of the water

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which 3 of these examples support that gravity pulls objects toward the center of Earth.

• Water coming out of a faucet

• A person catching a baseball with a glove

• A car driving down the road

• A person diving into a pool

To which part of Earth are objects pulled?

• Earth's surface

• the center of Earth

• Earth's atmosphere

• the magnetic North pole

What does the diagram show the pattern of?

• the moon phases

• the constellations

• Earth's seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What TWO features can we add to the model to BEST show the pattern of day and night?

• Add curved arrows to show Earth's rotation on its axis

• Add the sun to show how different areas of Earth face the sun

• Add the moon to show its orbit around Earth

• Add straight arrows pointing to the center of Earth to show the pull of gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This model would best be used to model:

• Earth's seasons

• Day and night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What moon completes the pattern?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The lower the sun is to the horizon...

• the shorter the shadow

• the longer the shadow

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The higher the sun is from the horizon...

• the shorter the shadow

• the longer the shadow

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

How long does it take Earth to revolve around the sun?

• 350 days

• about 365 days

• 1 day

• 24 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1