Earth's Patterns and Space

What does the diagram show?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

• Sun's rotation

• Sun's revolution

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Which explanation supports your diagram choice of city X at midnight?

• Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. In 12 hours, Earth would be halfway around its rotation.

• Earth revolves around the sun. The sun shines on different sides of Earth as it revolves around Earth.

• Earth's gravitational pull causes Earth to revolve on its axis. In 12 hours, Earth would complete a rotation and be at the same place.

• Earth's gravitational pull causes Earth to rotate around the sun every 24 hours.

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What shape is earth?

• Circle

• Sphere

• Flat

• Everlasting Line

Which star is in our solar system?

• Pegasus

• Polaris

• Libra

• Sun

• A

• B

• C

• D

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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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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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• Student 1 only

• Students 2 and 4 only

• Student 2 only

• Students 1 and 3 only

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Why don’t we see the stars during the day?

• They aren’t there

• The Sun makes it too bright

• Our side of Earth is facing the Sun

• No idea

How many days does it take Earth to orbit the Sun?

• 24

• 60

• 357

• 365

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