Earth's Days, Years, Seasons

Rotation is the ​ (a)   of a ​ (b)   on its ​ (c)   .

• spinning
• orbiting
• planet
• star
• axis
• equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The time it takes for a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis is called a ___.

• Day

• Year

• Month

• Hour

If the Earth rotates in a retrograde motion, the sun will appear where first?

• North

• South

• East

• West

As the Earth rotates, ​ (a)   of the Earth faces the ​ (b)   at any given time.

• one-half
• one-quarter
• sun
• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's rotation is used to measure ​ (a)   . Earth completes one rotation in ​ (b)   or in 1 ​ (c)   .

• time
• distance
• 24 hours
• 48 hours
• day
• week

The motion of a body that travels around another body is called ___.

• orbit

• revolution

• rotation

• day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Earth completes a full ​ (a)   around the ​ (b)   in 365 and one quarter days, or 1 ​ (c)   .

• revolution
• rotation
• sun
• moon
• year
• month

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

We have divided the year into

• 36 months

• 12 months

• 265 days

• 24 months

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's axis is ​ (a)   , always pointing toward the ​ (b)   .

• tilted
• straight
• North Star
• sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Since the Earth's axis is ​ (a)   , the ​ (b)   may be tilted ​ (c)   the sun or ​ (d)   from the sun as Earth orbits it.

• tilted
• North Pole
• North Star
• toward
• away

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1