Seasons and Shadows

If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is it colder in winter than in summer?

• The earth is tilted toward the sun.

• The earth is tilted away from the sun.

• 
  The earth is farther away from the sun.

• 
  The earth is closer to the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Order the seasons that cast the LONGEST shadows to SHORTEST shadows.

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring/Fall

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

What happens when the area in which you live tilts directly TOWARDS the sun?

• It is fall

• It is sprint

• It is winter

• It is summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• tilt of the earth's axis

• 
  distance from the sun

• 
  rotation of the earth

• 
  change in solar output

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How does the sun's position in the sky change in 1 day?

• The sun revolves around the earth

• 
  The sun rises in the north and sets in the south

• The sun comes up in the east, overhead at noon, and sets in the west

• 
  The sun rises in the east, is in the west at noon, and sets in the north

In what ways does a shadow change during the day?

• They get smaller as the day goes on

• Shadows change direction and length

• They do not change

• They get wider as it gets darker

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

A student draws his shadow at 9am.  How will his shadow look at noon?

• 
  the same length as the morning shadow

• 
  it is impossible to predict how his shadow will change size

• 
  longer than the morning shadow

• 
  shorter than the morning shadow, or no shadow at all

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Look at the picture.  Would the sun be low or high in the sky in the afternoon and morning picture?

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  The sun would be directly above.

• 
  You would not be able to see the sun at all.

• 
  The sun would be low in the sky.

• 
  The sun has nothing to do with shadows.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

If the sun is setting in the western part of the sky, in which direction will we find the shadow of an object?

• East

• North

• South

• West

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2