Earth's Patterns Assessment

The picture shows a tree and its shadow at two different times of day. Which sentence explains why the shadow changes?

• As Earth rotates, the sun is lower in the sky in the morning.

• As Earth rotates, the sun is higher in the sky in the morning.

• As the sun rotates, it is lower in the sky in the morning.

• As the sun rotates, it is higher in the sky in the morning.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Christopher is learning about Earth's movement in science class. He records some information in a chart.

What information in Walt's chart is in the wrong row of the table?

• causes day and night

• causes shadows to change

• causes change in seasons

• causes sunrise and sunset

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It is early evening. A star appears in the eastern part of the sky. What can be predicted about the star much later at night?

• It appears in the northern part of the sky.

• It appears in the southern part of the sky.

• It appears in the same position in the sky.

• It appears in the western part of the sky.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Four students brainstormed what they know about stars. They wrote their ideas in this chart. The students then performed a fact check. Whose information should be removed from the table?

• Garrett

• Rosa

• Curry

• Denise

Look at the picture of the moon. What will the moon look like in approximately 14 days?

• The moon will look totally dark

• A small amount of light on the left side

• The moon will look three-quarters lit

• A full, bright circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Jamal observes a fully lit moon. When can he expect to see the moon look like this again?

• in about 12 hours

• in about 24 hours

• in about 15 days

• in about 30 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Lila claims that the patterns of stars in the sky only appear to move, but that the patterns do not change. Which piece(s) of evidence would best support this claim?

• i only

• ii only

• ii and iii

• i, ii, and iii

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Tommy observed the image of the moon below. He is curious what the moon looked like several nights before. Which best describes the shape of the moon that occurred before Tommy observed this moon phase?

• The moon looked exactly the same.

• The moon was a full moon (brightly lit circle).

• The moon was completely dark.

• The moon was less than half lit on the right side.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The spinning of Earth around its axis is called its _____.

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• ellipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The illustration shows how Earth spins. When Earth spins, it turns around an imaginary line called a(n)

• rotation

• axis

• orbit

• ellipse