Earth and Moon Phases LCES

Which of the following best describes the amount of daylight received in Georgia throughout the year?

• The amount of daylight is exactly the same all year long.

• We experience more daylight in summer than in winter

• Daylight periods are longest during the coldest weather

• The amount of daylight changes as the Moon phase changes.

A student is creating a model of the Earth and the Sun to explain why the length of day and night change throughout the year. What would be the most important feature to add to the model and why?

• The Earth should make a perfect circle around the Sun so the Sun’s light hits all surfaces equally.

• The Earth should be tilted on its axis as it goes around the Sun so that the amount of light hitting the Earth varies depending on the tilt.

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  The Earth should be placed upright on its axis as it goes around the Sun so that it shows the Earth slowing its rotation.

he model below shows the Earth in one of its positions as it moves around the Sun. 

Which explanation does this model support?

• The Earth has the same exact hours of day and night. It is summer.

• The Southern Hemisphere has shorter days and longer nights. It is winter.

• The Southern Hemisphere has longer days and shorter nights. It is summer.

• The Northern Hemisphere has longer days and longer nights.  It is summer.

Why does Earth have day and night?

• Earth revolves around the Sun.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Moon revolves around Earth.

• Earth revolves around the moon.

The seasons on Earth are the result of which of the following?

• The orbit of the Moon around Earth.

• The gravitational pull between Earth and other planets.

• The tilt of the axis of Earth as it orbits, or revolves around, the Sun.

• The evaporation of Earth’s water caused by sunlight

Earth would no longer have seasons if which of the following changes happened?

• More moons orbited Earth.

• Earth no longer had a tilted axis.

• Earth orbited the Sun more quickly

• Humans moved toward the poles.

Why do some places on Earth experience the changes of the seasons?

• The appearance of the Moon changes over time.

• Earth gets closer or farther from the Sun.

• Earth rotates on a tilted axis as it orbits, or revolves around, the Sun.

• Water on Earth evaporates because of the Sun’s energy.

If Earth did not tilt on its axis, what would happen?

• Tides would happen weekly instead of daily.

• Eclipses of the Moon would not be observed.

• The length of the day would remain constant.

• The days of the month would be equal.

There are more daylight hours in Georgia in the summer than the winter because during the summer ___________.

• sunlight makes growing plants give off more water vapor.

• there is higher levels of rainfall and it absorbs energy from the Sun.

• the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, receiving more direct sunlight.

• there is no snow to reflect the sunlight.

During a first quarter Moon, what can be seen from Earth?

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