Science FCT

Why do the length of shadows change throughout the day?

• Because of the revolution of Earth around the sun

• Because of the revolution of the moon around Earth

• Because of the rising and setting of the sun

• Because of the movement of stars in a circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do the stars seem to move in the sky?

• Earth's tilt

• Earth orbiting the sun

• The moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating on its axis

What time of day is a shadow the shortest?

• morning

• evening

• noon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a group of stars that makes a pattern?

• Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)

• Hercules

• constellations

• Ursa Major (Big Dipper)

When the sun is low in the sky, the shadows are:

• short

• long

• there are no shadows.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Whatever the direction the sun is in the sky, the shadows it creates, will point in the

• same direction

• opposite direction

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The outermost layer of Earth composed mainly of rock.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• outer core

Weathered pieces of rock.

• pebbles

• sediment

• eroded

• shale

Breaking down earth's materials at or near the surface.

• erosion

• weathering

• cementation

• deposition

Wind or water carrying away weathered pieces of sediment.

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• cementation