Sophia Science Grade 5 Earth Rotation

True or False! When it's daytime for Dante, its nighttime for Kim!

• True

• False

True or False! When it's daytime for Kim, it's daytime for Dante!

• True

• False

True or False! When its nighttime for Kim, it's nighttime for Dante!

• True

• False

True or False! When it's nighttime for Dante, it's daytime for Kim!

• True

• False

Looking at the pattern of day and night in the images, what can you say about where Dante and Kim Live?

• Dante and Kim must live on the same side of the Earth!

• Dante lives at the North Pole and Kim lives at the South Pole

• Dante lives at the South Pole and Kim lives at the North Pole

• Dante and Kim must live on opposites sides of the Earth!

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Which of the following patterns do you notice?

• Shadows are longer in winter when the Sun's path is lower in the sky!

• Shadows are longer in winter when the Sun's path is higher in the sky

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Which of the following patterns do you notice?

• Shadows are shorter in the summer when the Sun's path is higher in the sky!

• Shadows are shorter in the summer when the Sun's path is lower in the sky!

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

The Earth rotates on its axis once a day. The Moon orbits around the Earth once a month. The Earth orbits around the Sun once a year. In the image with the bridge, you can observe that the path of the Sun across the sky changes. What most likely causes that path to take as long as it does to change?

• The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is most likely the cause because the pattern changes monthly!

• The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is most likely the cause because the pattern changes yearly!

• The Earth's rotation is most likely the cause because the pattern changes daily!

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Which statement is true with the bar graph image? What is the pattern?

• The daylight hours were shorter and then longer. It just kept repeating.

• The daylight hours were longer and then shorter. It just kept repeating.

• The nightime hours were shorter and then longer. It just kept repeating.

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

How do the images help to explain and describe the pattern of daylight?

• The summer days are not the longest days and the winter days are the shorter days

• The summer days are the longest days and the winter days are the shorter days

• The winter days are the longest days and the summer days are the shorter days

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2