Observable Patterns in the Sky

Earth's axis is ​ (a)  

• tilted
• wavy
• thick
• level

Answer explanation

Earth's axis is tilted.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

​ (a)   is the imaginary line around which the Earth rotates

• axis
• equator
• contour interval
• relief
• scale
• equal-area projection
• latitude
• prime meridian
• cylindrical projection
• index contour

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rotation gives us...

• month

• day and night

• year

• seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Revolution gives us....

• 1 week

• a month

• a year

• a month

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does the word revolve mean?

• To spin around

• To complete one full orbit or to go around another object

• To go back and forth

• To stay still

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does the word rotate mean?

• To move around an object

• To go back and forth

• To spin around

• To stand still

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

• 325.0 days
• 365.25 days
• 1 month
• 24 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

• trajectory
• orbit
• revolution
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4