Science Check In - Night and Day

What shape is the Earth?

The _________ is at the centre of our Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Without the Sun, the Earth would...

Answer explanation

be dark and without light

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

True or False? The Earth's equator divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres

• True

• False

What is the name of the imaginary line that the Earth rotates on?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Day and night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun is a

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Sun appears to rise in the

• north

• east

• south

• west

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One rotation of Earth takes

• one year

• one month

• one week

• one day

How long does it take the Earth to revolve once around the sun?

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4