Shadow and Light Review

MARK THE CORRECT ANSWER

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• C

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Which of these cycles is a direct result of Earth's rotation?

• Day and night

• Moon phases

• Rainfall and evaporation

• Seasons

The sun will rise from which direction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The sun will set in which direction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

If a shadow is on the west side, then the sun must be in which direction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Around which time will the shadow become the SHORTEST?

• 7am

• 10am

• 12pm

• 7pm

A student draws diagrams of her house and the location of the sun in the sky. Which diagram does not correctly represent the location of the sun at the time indicated? (5.8C)

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Shadows cast by objects change throughout the day. The picture shows the shadow cast by a tree at 3 pm. Which picture shows how the tree's shadow most likely looked at 9 am? (5.8C)

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On which side of a house in Texas should a window be placed so that the people inside the house can see the sunrise each day through the window?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Match the following

• Earth spins on its axis

• moon phases

• Earth rotating on its axis.

• axis

• Rotates around earth every 27-29 days

• rotation

• Earth orbits around the sun

• day and night

• Earth is tilted on it

• revolution