Earth's Days, Years, and Seasons-Lesson Review

Choose how each set of words are related: year, revolution.

• Earth's revolution around the Sun determines the length of a year

• A year is the time it takes for the Moon to revolve around Earth

• Revolution refers to Earth's daily spin, which creates a year

• A year and a revolution are unrelated astronomical concepts

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Choose how each set of words are related: rotation, day

• A day and rotation are unrelated astronomical concepts

• Rotation refers to Earth's yearly movement, which creates a day

• A day is the time it takes for Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis determines the length of a day

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Choose how each set of words are related: season, equinox, solstice

• Seasons occur because of Earth's revolution while equinoxes and solstices mark specific points in Earth's orbit

• Equinoxes and solstices are specific days that mark the beginning of each season due to Earth's tilt

• Seasons are caused by Earth's rotation while equinoxes and solstices are caused by Earth's revolution

• Equinoxes, solstices, and seasons are all determined by the Moon's position relative to Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many days are in an Earth year? How many hours are in an Earth day?

• 360 days in a year, 20 hours in a day
• 365 days in a year, 12 hours in a day
• 400 days in a year, 25 hours in a day
• 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day

The tilt of Earth's axis affects how the sun's rays strike Earth by:

• Creating a complete shift in which hemisphere receives sunlight during different seasons

• Changing Earth's distance from the Sun, making rays stronger in summer and weaker in winter

• Causing the sun's rays to hit different parts of Earth at different angles throughout the year

• Altering the rotation speed of Earth, which changes how long areas are exposed to sunlight

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The tilt of Earth's axis influences the length of daylight and the temperature of a location on Earth by:

• Changing Earth's overall distance from the Sun throughout the year, making all locations warmer or cooler simultaneously

• Causing one hemisphere to receive more direct sunlight for longer periods during its summer while the opposite hemisphere receives less direct sunlight for shorter periods

• Altering Earth's rotation speed, which determines how quickly day transitions to night in different locations

• Creating gravitational variations that pull more heat toward certain regions depending on the season

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing which season in the image to the left.

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

• Winter

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True or False: It takes 24 seconds to make one rotation on its axis.

• True

• False

It takes 365 hours/days to revolve around the sun.

• hours

• days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth's temperatures and hours of daylight stays the most constant at the equator/poles.

• equator

• poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6