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When the earth rotates on its axis, we get __________ and ________.

Choose all true statements about an axis.

• It is an imaginary line.

• The Earth rotates on an axis.

• Earth's axis passes through the North Pole, the the center of the earth, and the South Pole.

• It divides the earth into North and South.

Which change occurs every day?

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Seasons change.

• Birds migrate to warmer climates.

• The sun revolves around the Earth.

Which of the following causes the seasons on Earth?

• Earth’s tilted axis as it revolves around the Sun

• The orbit of the moon around the Earth

• The rotation of Earth on its axis

• The Sun’s revolution around the Earth

Students recorded the appearance of the Moon one day and then again a week later. What is the most reasonable prediction for the appearance of the Moon one week after that, on July 4?

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When the Earth rotates, it causes -

• Seasons

• Day and Night

A student is holding a globe to represent the Earth. Another student is shining a flashlight at the globe. The flashlight represents the Sun. The model is shown in the image below.

How could the students use this model to show the cycle of day and night on Earth?

• keep the flashlight still, and spin the globe on its axis

• keep the globe still, and move the flashlight up and down

• keep the globe still, and move the flashlight around the globe

• keep the flashlight still, and move the globe around the flashlight

A student is going to walk outside to observe her shadow at four different times during a day. At which time will the student most likely notice her shadow is the shortest?

• 8:05 in the morning

• 12:05 in the afternoon

• 4:05 in the afternoon

• 8:05 in the evening

The graph shows the amount of daylight during different months. Which season tends to have the shortest periods of daylight?

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

Look at the picture.  Would the sun be low or high in the sky in the afternoon picture?

• The sun would be directly above.
• You would not be able to see the sun at all.
• The sun would be low in the sky.
• The sun has nothing to do with shadows.