Rotation Revolution

Which answer correctly labels each letter as day and night? 

• X = night
  Y = day

• X = day
  Y = night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The diagram below represents what cycle of the Earth? Spinning on it's axis.

• Moon Phases

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

Which of the following occur due to the Earth rotating on it's axis? (4)

• Day/Night

• Fall/Spring

• Summer/Winter

• 24hrs/Shadows

• 365 Days

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The diagram models the orbit of Earth around the Sun.

What Season would be represented by position L in the Southern Hemisphere

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The diagram models the orbit of Earth around the Sun.

What Season would be represented by position O in the Southern Hemisphere

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The picture below shows a globe of the world with Barrow, Alaska circled. For almost three months, mid-May to mid-August, the Sun never sets in Barrow, Alaska.

Which is the most likely reason for the Sun always shining in the summer in Barrow?

• Earth only rotates on its axis during the winter, so the same part of Earth faces the Sun all summer

• Only the middle of the Earth rotates around its axis, so the top of Earth always faces the Sun

• Earth's axis is tilted, so some of the time parts of Earth face the Sun for the entire daily rotation

• The Sun's axis is tilted, so some of the time parts of Earth face the Sun for the entire daily rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth spinning on it's axis is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth's movement around the sun is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which movement of Earth causes day and night?

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1