What Causes Night and Day

When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• Summer
• Winter
• Night
• Day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What happens as Earth rotates?

• The sun appears to rise
• The sun moves across the sky
• The sun appears to set
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which direction does the sun appear to rise in?

• South
• North
• East
• West

As the Earth turns, the Sun moves higher in the sky.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As Earth continues to rotate and turn, the Sun seems to move as it sets in the ______.

• East
• South
• North
• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

You are getting ready for school.  On the other side of the world, students are getting ready for _______.

• school
• bed
• breakfast
• lunch

If the earth didn't rotate on its axis.  What natural cycle would this affect?

• seasons
• tides
• day and night
• moon phases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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How does Earth’s rotation cause day and night?

• As Earth rotates toward the east, the sun appears to rise in the west and set in the east.

• As Earth rotates toward the east, the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west.

• Earth rotates in a clockwise direction, which makes the sun appear in the sky during the day.

• Earth’s rotation does not cause day and night; its revolution does.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When it is night on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• night
• day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following means to turn on an axis?

• relax
• rotate
• revolve 
• return