4th - Patterns In the Sky

A change in the appearance of the moon's shape is known as a ____________.

• axis
• constellation
• moon phase
• tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth turns around an imaginary line called an _______.

• rotate
• constellation
• orbit
• axis

The path that one object takes around another object in space is its ______.

• Rotation
• Orbit or Revolution
• tide
• axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Amy notices a change in the pattern of shadows on Earth as the sun moves across the sky. What causes this change?

• Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution
• the moon revolution
• Earth's path as it orbits the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Sergei places a stick into the ground in a sunny spot at 9:00 a.m. He measures the shadow cast by the stick and records it in his Science Notebook. The length of the shadow measures 15 cm. What prediction might Sergei make about how the shadow will change during the next 3 hours?

• It will get longer.
• It will get shorter.
• It will stay the same.
• It will totally disappear.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Day and night are caused by _______.

• the Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• the Moon's rotation
• The moon's revolution around Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's seasons are caused by _______.

• Earth's rotation in space.
• the moon's rotation.
• Earth's revolution and the tilt of the axis.
• the sun's revolution around the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do shadows made by the sun move over the course of a day?

• Because the weather changes
• Because the tilt of the Earth's axis
• Because the Earth rotates on its axis
• Because the Earth revolves around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth Rotates on its axis approximately once every 24 hours.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

We have ___________ when our side of Earth is facing TOWARD the sun.

• Day

• Night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1