Day and Night

Day and Night

Why does the Earth have day and night?

Review

• To revolve means to travel around.

• Earth revolves around the sun.

• One trip around the sun takes one year.

Multiple Choice

Earth _____ around the Sun.

• Revolves

• Rotates

Multiple Choice

Earth revolves around _____.

• its axis

• the Sun

Multiple Choice

A revolution takes one _____.

• Year

• Month

• Day

Rotation

• To rotate means to spin.

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• A rotation takes one day.

Multiple Choice

What is the Science word for spin?

• Revolve

• Rotate

Multiple Choice

What does rotate mean?

• Travel

• Spin

Multiple Choice

Earth _____ around its axis.

• Rotates

• Revolves

Multiple Choice

Earth rotates around ____.

• its axis

• the Sun

Multiple Choice

A rotation takes one ____.

• Year

• Month

• Day

Dropdown

To revolve means to ​

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, but to rotate means to ​

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.

Dropdown

A revolution takes one​

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, but a rotation takes one ​​

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.

Dropdown

The Earth revolves around ​

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, but rotates around ​

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.

Categorize

Options (6)

To travel around

To spin

Around the Sun

Around the axis

One Year

One Day

Sort these descriptions.

Revolve

Rotate

Open Ended

"One difference between revolve and rotate is ___."

Day and Night

• It is day time when our part of Earth faces towards the Sun.

• It is night time when our part of Earth faces away from the Sun.

• When it is day time in Boston, it is night time in Asia.

Multiple Choice

When Earth faces towards the Sun, it is _____.

• Day Time

• Night Time

Multiple Choice

When Earth faces away from the Sun, it is _____.

• Day Time

• Night Time

Multiple Choice

In North America, it is ____.

• Day Time

• Night Time

Multiple Choice

In Asia, it is ____.

• Day Time

• Night Time

Drag and Drop

Is it Day or Night at the arrow?



I predict it is ​

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because our part of Earth is facing ​

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the Sun. ​

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Day

towards

Night

away from

Drag and Drop

Is it Day or Night at the arrow?



I predict it is ​

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because our part of Earth is facing ​ ​

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the Sun. ​

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Day

Night

away from

towards

• Daytime begins at sunrise and ends at sunset.

• The Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West.

• The Sun is not really moving across the sky.

• Instead, the Earth is rotating so your home faces towards the Sun and then away.

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​Sunrise + Sunset

Dropdown

Daytime begins at ​

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and ends at ​

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.

Dropdown

The Sun appears to rise in the ​

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and set in the ​

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.

Multiple Choice

Although it looks like the Sun is rising and setting, in real life, the ____ is moving.

• Sun

• Earth

Multiple Choice

We see Sunrise and Sunset because the Earth is ___.

• Rotating

• Revolving

Open Ended

"The Sun appears to rise and set because ___.

The Sun appears to rise and set but really ___."