Science Boot Camp - Shadows, Suns Movement, Planets

What causes shadows? 

• An object blocking the light source
• The water cycle
• An object letting the light source through
• The moon

What time of day are shadows the shortest? 

• Early morning
• Late Morning
• Noon
• Sunset

True or False: The shadows are longest in the early morning and late afternoon. 

• True
• False

Refers to the spinning of our planet on its axis. This takes 24 hours and is responsible for day and night. 

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Shadow
• Axis

You are getting ready for school.  On the other side of the world, students are getting ready for _______.

• school
• bed
• breakfast
• lunch

A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day-and-night cycle on Earth.

What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day-and-night cycle?

• Spin the ball in different directions

• Tilt the ball while it is spinning

• Paint one half of the ball black and the other half white

• Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

Because of the direction that the Earth rotates on it's axis, in what direction does the sun "appear to rise" every day?

• north
• south
• east 
• west

Day & night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis

Which season has the least amount of daylight hours?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer 
• Fall

When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• Summer
• Winter
• Night
• Day