3rd Grade - SC.3.E.6.1

Which of the following is TRUE?

• The sun heats only Earth's plants
• Only animals need heat from the sun.
• The sun heats only Earth's land.
• The sun heats Earth's land, water, and air.

What is the main source of heat on Earth?

• fires
• the moon
• the sun
• electricity

How does the Sun's radiation change Earth?

• it warms Earth
• it cools Earth
• it moves Earth
• it causes night and day

The movement of heat and light energy through space is called

• force
• gravity
• warming
• radiation

Why does a bag of ice melt faster in the sun than in the shade?

• a summer day is warmer than a winter day
• things heat up more quickly in the sun than in the shade
• things heat up more quickly un the shade than in the sun
• a winter day is warmer than a summer day

Where did each group most likely place its jars?

• 1 - full shade 2 - full sun 3 - part shade

• 1 - full sun 2 - full shade 3 - part shade

• 1 - full sun 2 - part shade

  3 - full shade

• 1 - part shade

  2 - full sun

  3 - full shade

What does the bar graph show about the air temperature on a porch?

• The air temperature was the same from noon to 9pm

• The air temperature fell until 3pm and then rose every hour until 9pm

• The air temperature rose until 3pm and then fell every hour until 9pm

• The air temperature was the same until 6pm and then fell every hour until 9pm

Which statement is true about how the temperature changed throughout the day?

• The temperature went down 4 degrees from noon to 2pm

• The temperature went up 10 degrees in the first half hour

• The temperature went down 4 degrees each half hour after noon

• The temperature went up 11 degrees from 11am to 2pm

Sarah uses a string to hang a thermometer outdoors in the shade. What will the thermometer measure?

• the brightness of the sun

• the temperature of the air

• the temperature of the sun

• the temperature of the string

What causes the difference in day and night temperatures in a desert?

• The sun gives off more heat energy during the night than it does during the day

• Winds that blow only at night take any heat energy that the desert stored during the daytime

• Any heat energy absorbed by the desert sand during the day is stored by the desert sand at night

• During the day, the sun heats the desert, and that heat is lost during the night after the sun has set