Earth's Orbit and Day/Night Cycles

Hey Brayden, Braden, Braydon, Braeden, Braylen, and Brody! Did you know that the shape of Earth's orbit is slightly ____? It's not as straightforward as you might think!

• oval

• parallel

• square

• triangular

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Hey there, Brielle and Kynnedy! Have you ever wondered what makes us have day and night? Let's figure it out together!

• Earth's rotation

• the Moon

• gravity

• Earth revolving around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Mariah, Logan, and Zymair are playing a trivia game about Earth. They stumbled upon this interesting question: Any given point on Earth experiences, on average, ____ hours of daylight each day. Can you help them answer it?

• 12

• 24

• 36

• 18

Imagine Lakaiyah and Pierre are on a space adventure with Dior. They notice that one side of the Earth facing the sun is experiencing _______.

• nighttime

• daytime

• summer

• winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Hunter, Rhys, and Lyndon are curious about how fast the Earth spins. Can you help them figure out the speed at which the Earth is rotating on its axis? It's approximately ____ km/h.

• 500

  (311 mph)

• 1,700

  (1,037mph)

• 17,000,000

  (10,564,000 mph)

• 5,000

  (3,100 mph)

Imagine Carolyn, Jackson, and Claire are planning a space mission. They wonder, approximately how many days does Earth need to complete one full revolution around the sun?

• 365

• 180

• 90

• 30

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Sabarish, John, and Parker are playing a trivia game about our planet. They stumbled upon this interesting question: The Earth rotates on its axis about once every ____ hours. Can you help them answer?

• 24

• 12

• 36

• 8

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Noelani was curious and asked Amelia and Christian, 'How often does the sun produce light?'

• the Sun always produces light

• only during the daytime

• only during the nighttime

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Imagine you're on a space adventure with Jordan, Chloe, and Isaiah. As Earth spins, different sides of Earth face toward or away from the sun, causing what?

• day

• night

• day and night

• seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1