Earth's Seasons Review

Unit Review

Why does Earth have Day and Night?
Why does Earth have Seasons?

Review - Earth and the Sun

• Earth is shaped like a sphere.

• Earth revolves around the Sun.

• ​The Sun is a ball of hot gas.

• ​The Sun is the closest star to Earth.

Multiple Choice

Earth is shaped like a ball.

What is our Science word for the shape of Earth?

• Cylinder

• Cube

• Sphere

• Cone

Fill in the Blanks

Earth travels around the

.

Multiple Choice

The Sun is a _____.

• Planet

• Star

• Moon

• Asteroid

Multiple Choice

The Sun is very, very hot.

What state of matter is the Sun?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Multiple Choice

The Sun appears to be the biggest star because ___.

• The Sun really is the biggest star.

• The Sun is the closest star to Earth.

• Someone shrunk all the rest of the stars.

The Solar System

• The Solar System has 8 planets.

• The planets travel around the Sun in the center.

• Gravity keeps the planets revolving around the Sun.

• Earth is the third planet.

Multiple Choice

The Sun is the center of the Solar System.

What is the Science word for sun?

• Lunar

• Solar

• Terrestrial

Fill in the Blanks

The Solar System has

planets.

Multiple Choice

All 8 planets travel around the Sun in the center.

What is the Science word for Sun?

• Solar

• Lunar

• Terrestrial

Multiple Choice

A force keeps the planets traveling around the Sun.

What force pulls things together?

• Momentum

• Gravity

• Inertia

Multiple Choice

When the planets are in order from the closest to the Sun, what number is the Earth?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Last

Revolution vs. Rotation

• Earth takes one year to revolve around the Sun.

• Earth takes one day to rotate on its axis.

• Earth's rotation causes Day and Night.

• Earth's revolution causes the Seasons.

Categorize

Options (8)

Travel Around

Spin

One Year

One Day

Around the Sun

Around the axis

Causes Day and Night

Causes Seasons

Sort these facts about Earth's Revolution and Rotation.

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.

Dropdown

When your part of Earth faces towards the Sun, it is ​

Select answer

, but when your part of Earth faces away from the Sun, it is ​

Select answer

.

Dropdown

It is Daytime when your part of Earth ​

Select answer

the Sun, and Nighttime when your part of Earth ​

Select answer

the Sun.

Open Ended

Is it Day or Night at the arrow?

"I predict it is ___ because ____."

• 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.

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​Sunrise + Sunset

Dropdown

The Sun appears to rise in the ​

Select answer

and set in the ​

Select answer

.

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

The Seasons

• Earth's axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees.

• When our part of Earth tilts away from the Sun, we get slanted sunlight, and it is Winter.

• When our part of Earth tilts towards the Sun, we get direct Sunlight, and it is Summer.

Multiple Choice

Earth's axis is ____.

• Straight Up and Down

• Tilted at 90 degrees

• Tilted at 23.5 degrees

Categorize

Options (6)

Feels Hot

Feels Cold

Direct Sunlight

Slanted Sunlight

Tilt Towards Sun

Tilt Away from Sun

Sort these facts about Summer and Winter.

Summer

Winter

Multiple Choice

An imaginary pole through the Earth is called the ___.

• Axis

• Phase

• Sphere

Dropdown

When your part of Earth tilts towards the Sun, it is ​

Select answer

, but when your part of Earth tilts away from the Sun, it is ​

Select answer

.

Dropdown

It is Summer when your part of Earth ​

Select answer

the Sun, and Winter when your part of Earth ​

Select answer

the Sun.

Open Ended

"I predict it is ____ North of the Equator because _____."

The Equator and the Poles

• The Equator always gets direct sunlight.

• The warmest places on Earth are near the Equator.

• The Poles never get direct sunlight.

• The coldest places on Earth are near the Poles.

Categorize

Options (6)

Feels Hot

Feels Cold

Always gets Direct Sunlight

Never gets Direct Sunlight

Florida, India, Africa

Alaska, Russia, Antarctica

Sort these facts about the Poles and the Equator.

Equator

Poles

Open Ended

Write a question you think will be on the test.