SCIENCE GR5

Complete the sentences below to describe how the moon moves.

The moon...............around its axis and ................ around the earth. The earth also...........around the Sun.

How many hours does it take for the Earth to do a full rotation?

How many days does it take for the moon to revolve around the earth?

Rotation is the spinning movement of the planet on its orbit

• TRUE

• FALSE

When the planet rotates on its axis. What does half of the planet facing the sun experience?

• summer

• winter

• day

• night

If you lived on the planet Venus, and slept for half day. How long have you slepton that planet?

• 243 days

• 121.5 days

• 243 hours

• none of the above

The Earth is divided into 2 hemisphere. Northern and Western hemisphere

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which hemisphere is having winter?

• Northern hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

The change of seasons is caused by the tilt of the earth and the planets movement around the Sun

• TRUE

• FALSE

Earth axis, sunlight, elevation, wind pattern and global warming is some factors that can influence the season changes.

• TRUE

• FALSE