Day and Night Cycle Vocabulary (5.8C)

Day and Night Cycle Vocabulary (5.8C)

Assessment

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Science

5th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS2-6

+4

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an orbit?

Back

The curved path in space that is followed by an object going round and round a planet, moon, or star.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes the day/night cycle on Earth?

Back

The Earth rotating on its axis.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a sundial?

Back

An old instrument used for telling time.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes day and night?

Back

Rotation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What time of day is referred to as 'noon'?

Back

12 o'clock, midday.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is rotation?

Back

The spinning of the Earth on its axis.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is revolution?

Back

The movement of the Earth around the Sun in an orbit.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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