8th Grade Sun Moon Earth

If Earth was NOT tilted on its axis, which of the following would no longer occur?

• Change between Day and Night
• Change of seasons
• Summer
• Earth's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth orbits the Sun because of what?

• Friction
• Electromagnetic attraction
• Gravity
• Interia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False:  On Earth, the sun appears to rise and set because of the Sun's rotation. 

• True
• False- it's because of Earth's rotation
• False- it's because of Earth's revolution
• False- it's because of the sun's revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted AWAY from the sun, which of the following statements will be TRUE?

• The Southern Hemisphere will have MORE daylight hours.
• The nights in the Northern Hemisphere will be shorter.
• The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing Summer.
• The Southern Hemisphere will have a longer night. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When a hemisphere is tilted TOWARDS the sun, that hemisphere is experiencing which season?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon affects area _______________

• days and nights
• tides
• winds/weather
• moon phases

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

• summer
• winter
• spring
• autumn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This is an imaginary straight line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• revolution
• equator
• axis
• solstice

The motion of a body that travels around another body in space is called

• rotation
• revolution
• axis
• equinox

The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis is called

• rotation
• axis
• solstice
• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6