5th Grade Science

What pulls objects to the center of the Earth?

• the sun

• the moon

• the tides

• gravity

What time of day is a shadow the shortest?

• morning

• evening

• noon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun rises ______ and sets in the ______

• north; west

• east; east

• east; west

• south; north

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a group of stars that makes a pattern?

• Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)

• Hercules

• constellations

• Ursa Major (Big Dipper)

Earth ________ on its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

• twists and shouts

• stays

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When the sun is low in the sky, the shadows are:

• short

• long

• there are no shadows.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Whatever the direction the sun is in the sky, the shadows it creates, will point in the

• same direction

• opposite direction

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Why do the length of shadows change throughout the day?

• Because of the revolution of Earth around the sun

• Because of the revolution of the moon around Earth

• Because of the rising and setting of the sun

• Because of the movement of stars in a circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do the stars seem to move in the sky?

• Earth's tilt

• Earth orbiting the sun

• The moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating on its axis

What would happen if Earth spun faster on its axis than it does now?

• Earth would be hotter

• A day would be shorter than 24 hours

• A year would be longer than 365 days

• There would be more than four seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6