Earth, Sun, and Moon
Grade 5 - Science - Challenge Me
Which cause explains the pattern "a year"?
- Earth completes one orbit around the Sun
- Earth's rotation changes the Sun's apparent position in the sky
- Earth rotates toward the east
- Earth orbits the Sun during the year
Which model would help explain day and night?
- move a ball around a lamp-lit globe
- spin a globe while a lamp stays still
- track a stick shadow from morning to afternoon
- turn a globe eastward near a lamp
Which pattern is explained by this cause: Earth rotates once about every 24 hours?
- seasonal star patterns
- Moon phases
- a changing shadow through the day
- day and night
Why is "the Sun travels around Earth once each day" a weak explanation for day and night?
- it does not match the Earth-Sun-Moon model
- it is the accepted model for this pattern
- it explains the cause with rotation or orbit
- it uses repeated observations correctly
Which question belongs in an Earth, Sun, and Moon investigation about a changing shadow through the day?
- What repeated sky pattern needs a rotation or orbit model?
- Which material dissolves fastest?
- Which animal is a decomposer?
- Which suffix forms a noun?
Which cause explains the pattern "day and night"?
- Earth orbits the Sun during the year
- Earth rotates toward the east
- Earth rotates once about every 24 hours
- the Moon orbits Earth while sunlight hits half of the Moon
Which model would help explain a changing shadow through the day?
- mark Earth's positions around a lamp for different months
- move a ball around a lamp-lit globe
- track a stick shadow from morning to afternoon
- spin a globe while a lamp stays still
Which pattern is explained by this cause: Earth's rotation changes the Sun's apparent position in the sky?
- a changing shadow through the day
- a year
- Moon phases
- the Sun appearing to rise in the east
Why is "Earth's shadow causes every Moon phase" a weak explanation for Moon phases?
- it explains the cause with rotation or orbit
- it uses repeated observations correctly
- it does not match the Earth-Sun-Moon model
- it is the accepted model for this pattern
Which question belongs in an Earth, Sun, and Moon investigation about day and night?
- Which material dissolves fastest?
- What repeated sky pattern needs a rotation or orbit model?
- Which animal is a decomposer?
- Which suffix forms a noun?