8th - 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

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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-ESS2-6

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

True or False- For a Solar Eclipse to be visible from Earth, the Moon must be BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun.

• True
• False- the Earth must be between the moon and the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

1 year = 1 ___________

• Revolution of Earth around the Sun
• Rotation of Earth in its orbit
• Rotation of the Sun around the Earth
• Rotation of the Moon around Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Moon passes through Earth's shadow, which of the following occurs?

•  a solar eclipse
• an earthquake
• a lunar eclipse
• a change in seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following would result in shorter days on Earth?

• The tilt of the Earth's axis DECREASED
• The Earth began to rotate FASTER
• The Earth began to rotate SLOWER
• The tilt of the Earth's axis INCREASED

If you wanted to live where you could experience little or no change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year, where would you want to live?

• closer to one of the poles
• in the northern hemisphere
• closer to the equator
• in the southern hemisphere

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