Earth's Rotation Quiz

Four students have drawn and labeled pictures on the chalkboard.

Which drawing best shows the cause of day and night on Earth?

• Earth revolving around Sun

• Sun orbiting Earth

• Moon moving between Earth and Sun

• Earth rotating on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A fifth grader watches the Sun set in the evening sky. What causes the setting of the Sun?

• The distance between Earth and the Sun is increasing.

• The tilt of Earth on its axis is constantly changing.

• Earth is revolving around the Sun.

• Earth is rotating on its axis.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A teacher demonstrates the day and night cycle to a group of students using a globe and a lamp. Students are asked to write a valid conclusion about how the day and night cycle occurs naturally on Earth.

• The sun rotates on its axis once approximately every 30 days.

• The sun revolves around the Earth approximately every 365

  days.

• The Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours.

• The moon revolves around the Earth once approximately every

  28 days.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Examine the chart above.

Which answer choice best fits in the missing blank?

• High and low tides

• Gravitational pull

• Moon phases

• Apparent movement of the Sun across

  the sky

Which of the following best demonstrates the motion of rotation?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____

• the Earth
• the stars
• the planets
• the Earth's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth's rotation is what gives us day and night everyday, all year.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following occurs on a daily basis?

• The Earth rotates once on its axis

• The Earth revolves once around the Sun

• The Moon rotates once on its axis

• The moon revolves once around the Sun

A student observed the Sun throughout the day over the neighbor’s house. The change the student observed is caused by -

• orbit of Earth around the Sun

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• orbit of the Sun through space

• reflection of the Sun off the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

About how many hours are there between one sunrise and the next?

• 8

• 12

• 24

• 36

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2