Sunrise Science

What does this model show?

• Earth revolving around the sun

• Earth spinning on its axis showing day and night (how the sun rises and sets)

• The phases of the moon

• The length of shadows

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the sunlit part of Earth rotates halfway around, it will experience

• summer

• winter

• day

• night

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If it is sunrise on one side of the world, then it is ________________ on the opposite side.

• sunrise

• sunset

• sunstroke

• sunburn

The sun rises in the __________________.

• east

• west

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The time between today's sunrise and tomorrow's sunrise would be about

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 36 hours

• 48 hours

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Which of the following properties of Earth causes the day/night cycle?

• The Earth is a sphere.

• The Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Moon revolves around the Earth.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Day and night on Earth are caused by –

• the movement of the Sun across the sky

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis

• the Earth’s revolution around the Sun

• the Earth’s rotation on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Astronomy is the study of the Moon, Sun and other objects in outer space. Ancient astronomers first noticed that the Sun moves across the sky each day. We now know this movement is caused by –

• the Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Moon revolving around the Earth

• the Earth rotating on its axis

• the Moon rotating on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes the phenomenon of sunrise?

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Moon's revolution around the Earth

• The Sun's movement around the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In which direction does the sun appear to rise?

• North

• South

• East

• West