The picture shows the location of the Sun in the sky at 7:00 A.M.
Which picture best shows the Sun’s location at 10:00 A.M.?
The picture shows the location of the Sun in the sky at 7:00 A.M.
Which picture best shows the Sun’s location at 10:00 A.M.?
The picture shows the location of the Sun in the sky at 7:00 A.M.
Which picture best shows the Sun’s location at 10:00 A.M.?
Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?
When the sun is just above the East horizon, which of the following is true?
Students are using a globe to learn about day and night.
Why is a globe a helpful tool?
A teacher asked three students to each write a statement related to day and night on Earth.
Their responses are shown in the box.
Which of the students wrote a true statement about day and night?
Which image best represents the shadow cast by the Sun at 6:00 P.M?
Which drawing best represents the location of the Sun in the sky at noon?
A student pointed a flashlight modeling the Sun toward a globe modeling Earth. The student spun the globe. What was the student most likely demonstrating?
The picture shows the shadow cast by a lamppost at 3 different times of the day.
Which statement about the picture is true?
A teacher asked a student to write 5 statements about day and night. The student’s statements are shown in the box below.
Which of the statements are correct?
Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?
The model shows the movements of Earth, the moon, and the sun.
• The beam moves Earth around the Sun.
• The wire moves the moon around Earth.
• Earth and the moon can each spin on its bar.
Which of the following does this model not demonstrate?
The picture on the right shows the shadow cast by a tree at 5:00 P.M.
Which picture shows how the tree’s shadow most likely looked at 7:00 A.M.?
When a student faces a doghouse, East is the the left and West is to the right.
Which statement about the picture is true?
A student designed the model on the right to explain why half of Earth experiences day while the other half experiences night.
How could the student best improve the model?
A student listed the observations below.
Which of the observations occur due to the rotation of Earth on its axis?
Which picture best represents the sundial’s shadow at the position of the Sun shown?
A teacher asked students to explain what they see in this picture. Four student explanations are shown below.
Which of the students gave a correct response?
The diagram shows how half of Earth experiences daylight while the other half experiences darkness.
Two locations are represented by letters.
Which statement about the diagram is not true?
At 10:00 A.M., a student saw the sun shining through the window. A few hours later, the sun was no longer visible through the window.
What is responsible for the sun no longer appearing through the window?
