Earth's Movement in Space

The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. What change would cause the Sun to appear to rise in the west and set in the east?

• Earth rotating in the opposite direction

• Earth rotating twice as fast

• Earth moving closer to the sun

• Earth moving around the sun in the opposite direction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are the two ways in which the planet Earth moves?

• Earth spins and shakes.

• Earth rotates and revolves.

• Earth moves up and down.

• Earth moves side to side.

What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

• Rotation is the Earth turning on its axis. Revolution is the Earth circling around the Sun.

• Rotation is the Earth circling around the Sun and revolution is the Earth turning on its axis.

• There is no difference and they are the same.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What celestial cycle results from the Earth's revolution around the sun?

• Seasons

• Day and Night

• Lunar Cycle

• Tidal Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following

• When a star (not the Sun) appears in the same position it was in the night before

• Rotation

• When the Sun returns to the same position in the sky, Zenith to Zenith

• Sidereal day

• The spinning of a celestial body on its' axis

• Sidereal month

• The time it takes the Moon to complete a 360* circle around the Earth

• Revolution

• The motion of a celestial body along a path around a fixed object in space

• Solar day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Match the following words with their definition.

• The invisible line in the Earth's tilt.

• Revolution

• The Earth's orbit around the Sun

• Rotation

• The Earth's spin on its axis.

• Orbit

• A path the Earth follows around the Sun

• Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Observing the sun throughout the day over the same location will show the sun in different parts of the sky. What causes this?

• Orbit of Earth around the sun.

• Movement of the Sun through space.

• rotation of the Earth on its axis

• Reflection of the Sun off the Moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the force that keeps Earth in its orbit around the Sun?

• Gravity

• Speed

• Motion

• Weight

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What is the spinning motion of a planet on its axis?

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Satellite

• revolution

What word do we use to describe one object moving around another object?

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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