Earth's Rotation and the Moon

Different ______ can be seen in different seasons.

• stars
• moons

• suns

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Patterns of stars look like they are moving across the sky because

• Earth's orbiting around the moon

• Earth's rotating on its axis

• Earth's gravity

Earth's movement around the ____ is why some constellations are not visible throughout the entire year.

• Earth

• Land

• Sun

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why does that shape of the moon change?

• The moon grows and shrinks.

• The shape doesn't actually change. It's the Sun's reflection.

• A shadow is on the moon making it change.

• Sun melts the moon and it changes shape.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A ______ occurs when the moon is between Earth and the Sun.

• a quarter moon

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing cresent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon will look the same after

• 1 week

• 1 year

• 1 day

• 4 weeks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Spinning the globe of Earth one complete time around its axis is showing us

• a year

• night and day

• seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth's rotation on it axis takes ____ hours.

• 365 hours

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

Earth's revolution around the Sun takes ____ year.

• 5

• 1

• 24

• 12

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Earth's rotation creates __________________________.

• moon phases

• the Earth to spin and tilt on its axis

• gravity to pull objects down to Earth

• the appearance of star patterns moving across the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6