New Mexico NM-ASR Science Grade 5 Practice Questions - New Mexico Assessment Of Science Readiness - Science, Grade 5 Exam

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A student tracks the position of a shadow from a flagpole during one school day. The shadow points west in the morning and east in the late afternoon. What causes this pattern?

The Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west as Earth rotates, changing the shadow's direction The flagpole slowly rotates during the day The wind changes the shadow's direction The shadow is caused by the Moon, not the Sun

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The Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west as Earth rotates, changing the shadow's direction

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