Earth's Patterns

How could the students use this model to show the cycle of day and night on Earth?

• keep the flashlight still, and spin the globe on its axis

• keep the globe still, and move the flashlight up and down

• keep the globe still, and move the flashlight around the globe

• keep the flashlight still, and move the globe around the flashlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An object's shadow changes size and location as the Earth rotates and causes the Sun to appear to move across the sky. Look at the picture above. An arrow is casting a shadow on the ground.

If the Sun is the light source that is causing the arrow's shadow, which of the following is the most likely position of the Sun?

• position Z

• position W

• position X

• position Y

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which movement of the Earth causes the pattern of day and night?

• the Earth spinning on its axis

• the Earth getting closer to and farther from the Sun

• the Earth moving around the Sun

• the Moon moving around the Earth

When Travis woke up, he looked out his bedroom window and saw that is was daylight. Later that day, before going to sleep, he saw that it was nighttime. What caused day to turn into night?

• The Sun moved away from the place on Earth that Travis lives.

• The place on Earth that Travis lives spun to face away from the Sun.

• The Sun spun on its axis to face away from the Earth.

• The Moon moved around the Earth to block the Sun's light.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A student observed the Sun throughout the day over the neighbor’s house. The change the student observed is caused by -

• orbit of Earth around the Sun

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• orbit of the Sun through space

• reflection of the Sun off the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A student observes the shadows created by a flagpole to collect data on the movement of the sun. The student sketches observations three times throughout the day.

Which direction is the student facing when sketching the observations shown above?

• East

• North

• South

• West

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• Student 1 only

• Students 2 and 4 only

• Student 2 only

• Students 1 and 3 only

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What time of day are shadows the smallest?

• mid-afternoon

• when the Sun is about to go down

• when the Sun is at its highest position overhead

• mid-morning

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The San Jacinto Monument is 173 meters tall, but the shadow it casts at noon changes throughout the year. Which of the following is the most reasonable prediction for the length of the shadow of the monument for the month of November?

• 226 meters

• 85 meters

• 66 meters

• 54 meters

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1