Day and Night 8.7 (A)

DAY AND NIGHT

8.7 (A)

Essential Questions

• What are some effects of the Earth, Sun, and Moon spinning?

• Can you draw how the Earth is tilted?

• Why is there day and night?

• How Many Hours are in a day?

Pop Quiziz

What do you remember from 6th grade about earth and space?

Multiple Choice

The center of the solar system is the?

• Sun

• Earth

Multiple Choice

List the planets in order starting from the planet that is closest to the sun.

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus, Mars, Neptune

Multiple Choice

The inner planets are called the

• Gas Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

Multiple Choice

The _________________ separates the inner planets from the outer planets.

• Asteroid Belt

• The Sun

Day and Night

• Each planet rotates, or spins, on its axis.

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes day and night.

• As the Earth rotates, only one-half of the Earth faces the sun at any given time.

• The half facing the sun is light (day) and the half facing away from the sun is dark (night).

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture and answer the question

• F

• G

• H

• J

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture and answer the question below.

• F

• G

• H

• J

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture and answer the question

• A

• B

• C

• D

Pay close attention to the highlighted information

Multiple Choice

How many hours are there in a single day

• 24

• 12

• 23 hours and 56 minutes

• 48

Multiple Choice

What is the angle that Earth is tilted on its axis?

• 23.5

• 90

• 180

• 30

Earth’s Revolution

• In addition to rotating on its axis, the Earth also travels around the sun in a path called an orbit.

• The motion around the sun along its orbit is called a revolution.

• The amount of time it takes for a single trip around the sun is called a period of revolution.

• Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical in shape. The animation shows the Earth's revolution around the sun.

Multiple Choice

The motion around the sun along its orbit is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Spin

• Axis