Earth and Sun - Investigation 1

The Sun rises in the __________.

• North

• South

• East

• West

Which sentence helps explain why there is day and night on Earth.

• The Sun moves around Earth once every 24 hours.

• Earth spins on a north-south axis

• It takes 1 year for Earth to turn on its axis.

• Day is the side of Earth facing the Moon.

True or false:  Night is the side of the Earth in shadow.

• True

• False

In twelve hours, what will happen at Location A?

• It will be nighttime.

• It will be daytime.

• The sun will be rising.

• It will be summer time.

In twenty-four hours, what will happen at Location B?

• The sun will appear to rise.

• It will be daytime.

• It will be nighttime.

• It will be summer time.

Which outline in the student’s recorded observations represents the position of the stick’s shadow at 2:00 p.m.?

• D

• A

• B

• C

Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth.

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• tide

The earth revolves around...

• The sun.

• the moon

• other planets

• the Milky Way

The rotation of the Earth causes . . .

• day & night

• summer & winter

• fall & spring

• Leap Year