Rotations vs Revolution

The Sun appears to rise and set. What could be causing the sun to rise and set each day?

• Earths revolution around the Sun.

• Earths rotation.

• The moons orbit around the Earth.

• The rotation of the Sun.

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Dan and Eddie are demonstrating the way the Sun and Earth are positioned and move during a full year.  Dan is playing the part of the Sun and Eddie is playing the part of the Earth.  Below, draw a diagram of how this might look. Label both Dan and Eddies part.

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Aquila is a constellation that people in Florida can see only in the summer.

Below, explain in your own words why we can only see certain constellations during certain seasons?

Answer explanation

Think about the night sky and how it changes each night.

Now remember, every 3 months, as the earth revolves around the sun, we experience a new season. What does this mean for the night sky every 3 months?

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What happens once every 365 days?

• The Earth makes one full rotation around the Sun.

• The Earth makes one full revolution around the Sun.

• The Sun makes one full rotation around the Earth.

• The Moon makes one full revolution around the Earth.

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Earth revolves around the Sun. In 3 months time, the earth will have completed...

• one half of a revolution around the Sun.

• one third of a revolution around the Sun.

• one quarter of a revolution around the Sun.

• one eighth of a revolution around the Sun.

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What does the model of the moon phases represent?

• why the moon is only visible at night

• why the moon is sometimes lower in the sky

• why the moon appears to rise and set each day

• why the moon appears to change shape throughout the month

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Stan is studying the Moon and observed that the portion of the Moon he could see appeared to change each week over the entire month of June. The next month, the same pattern of change was observed.  Which statement BEST describes why Stan observed a different portion of the Moon each week?

• Different parts of the Moon are lit up by light reflected from Earth.

• As Earth moves around the Moon, it makes shadows on the Moon.

• Other planets make shadows on the Moon as they move around the Sun.

• As the Moon moves around Earth, different parts of the Moon that are lit up by the Sun are visible on Earth.

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John observes that he can see some star patterns during the winter, but not during the summer. Which motion causes his observations?

• Earth rotating on its axis?

• The stars moving around the Earth.

• the Earth revolving around the Sun

• the stars revolving around the Sun

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