Day and Night Review

Students in a science class in Marfa, Texas, made a poster with a diagram to represent a seasonal change in the Northern Hemisphere.

Which statement best describes conditions for Earth at Position 1 in the diagram?

• There are an equal number of hours of daylight and nighttime in the Northern Hemisphere, and the North Pole is tilted away from the sun.

• The Northern Hemisphere has the fewest hours of daylight, and Earth's axis does not tilt at this position.

• There are an equal number of hours of daylight and nighttime in the Northern Hemisphere because Earth's axis is not tilted in this position.

• The Northern has the fewest hours daylight, and the North Pole is tilted away from the sun.

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Which of these changes would likely occur if the rate of Earth's rotation on its axis increased?

• The length of the seasons would be shorter.

• The length of the seasons would be longer.

• The length of a day would be shorter.

• The length of a day would be longer.

A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day-and-night cycle on Earth. What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day-and-night cycle?

• Spin the ball in different directions

• Tilt the ball while it is spinning

• Paint one half of the ball black and the other half

• Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

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Which of these best compares the conditions at Location X and Location Y?

• It is day at Location X and night at Location Y.

• It is winter at Location X and summer at Location Y.

• There are more hours of daylight at Location X than at Location Y

• The moon is brighter when viewed from Location X than when viewed from Location Y.

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Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is the correct definition of Axis?

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's rotation.

• To go around or orbit. The Earth goes around the Sun.

• The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.

• The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees.

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What is the correct definition of Tilt?

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's rotation.

• The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.

• To go around or orbit. The Earth goes around the Sun.

• The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees.

What is the correct definition of Rotation?

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's rotation.

• The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.

• To go around or orbit. The Earth goes around the Sun.

• The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees.

What is the correct definition of Revolution?

• The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth's rotation.

• The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.

• To go around or orbit. The Earth goes around the Sun.

• The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees.

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The Sun appears to rise and set because of which of the following?

• The Sun is much larger than the Earth.

• The Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Sun’s gravity is very strong.

• The axis of the Earth is tilted.

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