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5.8C Sun's Apparent Movement

5.8C Sun's Apparent Movement

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Science

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5th Grade

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MS-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-2

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13 Slides • 16 Questions

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5.8C Sun's Apparent Movement

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Sunrise

The Earth rotates from west to east & when viewed from above the movement is counterclockwise.

The sun rises in the East

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Sunrise

What this means is that in the morning, the sun is toward the East.

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Multiple Choice

Where does the sun rise?

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WEST

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NORTH

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EAST

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SOUTH

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Middle of the Day

Around 12:00 pm, the Sun appears to makes its way toward the middle of the sky.

What reallly is moving is Earth, the sun i still.

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Multiple Choice

Does the sun move or Earth?

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Sun

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Earth

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Sunset

  • The Earth rotates and when the Sun gets ready to set where we are on Earth it appears to set in the WEST

  • Toward night the sun heads WEST

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Multiple Choice

Where does the sun set?

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NORTH

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EAST

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SOUTH

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WEST

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Multiple Choice

If it is almost night time, where is the sun?

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NORTH

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WEST

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SOUTH

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EAST

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Multiple Choice

Where is the sun when school is about to begin?

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NORTH

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SOUTH

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EAST

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WEST

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Multiple Choice

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Which of these is true?

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The sun is getting ready to set in about 2 hours

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The sun rose 2 hours ago

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The time is 12:00 pm in the afternoon

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It is night time.

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Multiple Choice

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What is true?

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It is morning time

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The sun is rising

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The sun is getting ready to set

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The sun will reach the middle of the sky in about 3 hours

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Multiple Choice

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What time is it likely?

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It is 12:00 am

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It is 12:00 pm

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It is 7:30 am

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It is 6:00pm

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Multiple Choice

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What is true about this image

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The sun will set in 2 hours

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The sun will set in 30 minutes

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The sun rose 1 hour ago

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Multiple Choice

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What is true?

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The sun rose one hour ago

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The sun rose 3 hours ago

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The sun will set in 2 hours

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The sun will set in 8 hours

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Shadow Shapes

Shadows can be different sizes and shapes

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Multiple Choice

What do you think affects shadow lengths the most?

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Tilt of Earth

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Sun's position in the sky

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Earth's revolution

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What causes changes?

Shadows change length throughout the day because the angle at which the sun shines on objects changes with the Earth's rotation

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Multiple Choice

What causes changing shadows?

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Sun's orbit

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the moon

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Sun's position in the sky

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A pattern

There is a pattern in lengths

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Multiple Choice

What pattern do you see?

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Long to short

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Long to short to long

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long always

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short always

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Where do the shadows appear?

Shadows appear in front of objects and the direction of the shadows depends on where the sun is in the sky.

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Multiple Choice

When are shadows shortest?

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Early morning

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Near sunset

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Middle of the day

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Multiple Choice

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

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longer

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gone

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shorter

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darker

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Multiple Choice

Which shows the best example of a shadow at about noon?

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