Ch. 3 The Sun-Moon-Earth System

True or False: The motion of Earth around the Sun is Earth's rotation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False: As Earth revolves, it always tilts toward the Sun.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: The Sun produces energy through nuclear fusion.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

True or False: Day and night are caused by Earth's rotation.

• True

• False

True or False: The equator is warmer than the poles because the Sun's energy is more concentrated at the equator than at the poles.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Seasons take place because the tilt of Earth's rotation axis relative to the Sun stays the same during the year.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: On the December solstice, the north end of Earth's rotation axis continues to point away from the Sun, but it does so less and less.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: A day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun, is called an equinox.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: When the southern hemisphere is experiencing summer, the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False: The shape of Earth's orbit is nearly circular.

• True

• False