The Earth, Sun, and Moon Part 2

Mr. Gonzales gives a lecture every Monday at the Simms Observatory. Jack arrived late to the lecture and only heard the last hour. Jack decided that he wanted to see the entire lecture. How long must Jack wait until the next lecture?

• One day

• One week

• One month

• One year

It takes about one month to complete the lunar cycle because -

• It takes that long for the moon to rotate on its axis

• The Earth revolves around the Sun

• The Sun orbits the Earth

• The moon revolves completely around the Earth in about a month

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Mark put a wooden bar in the middle of the ground early in the morning on a sunny day. He observed the shadow made by the sunlight shining on the bar. Mark went inside for a few hours and returned to the bar just before noon. He observed the shadow that was formed then. Mark drew a diagram representing the two shadows he observed.

The shadow became smaller just before noon because -

• heat from the Sun caused the bar to become shorter

• clouds blocked light from the Sun

• as the Earth rotates on its axis, the position of the bar in relation to the Sun changes causing the shadow to change also

• as the Sun moves its heat makes the shadow get smaller

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Students in Mrs. Garcia's science class made a model representing the orbits of the Earth and Moon.

What is one thing that needs to be done to the model to make it more accurate?

• The Earth should be larger than the

  Sun

• The Moon should be larger than the Earth

• The Earth should orbit around the Moon

• The Moon should orbit around the Earth

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Night and day are caused by -

• the Sun revolving around the Earth

• the Moon revolving around the Sun

• the Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Earth rotating on its axis

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During the course of a day the Sun appears to move across the sky. This happens because the -

• Sun revolves around the Earth

• Earth is turning on its axis

• Earth revolves around the Sun

• Sun moves back and forth

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Helen saw a full moon on June 1. When will she MOST likely see the next full moon?

• June 2

• June 10

• June 28

• August 1

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Jennifer was at the beach. She built a sandcastle. After a few hours, the water from the ocean reached the front wall of her castle. A valid conclusion would be the -

• ocean tide rose during the day

• ocean tide fell during the day

• beach sunk into the ocean

• castle was underwater

Mike recorded the sunrise and sunset over a 5 - day period. After 4 days his chart looked like the chart below. Based on the data on the chart, at what time will sunset occur on day 5?

• 6:24 PM

• 6:22 PM

• 6:20 PM

• 6:18 PM

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A period of three years means -

• The Earth revolved around the Sun 3 times

• The Earth revolved around the Sun 6 times

• The Earth rotated on its axis 3 times

• The Sun revolved the Earth 3 times

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