G5 Science Lesson 3.4 Recording shadows

1. What do ancient people use to tell the time?

• a. Rolex watch

• b. wall clock

• c. alarm clock

• d. sundials

2. How can a sundial project the time?

• a. through light

• b. through silver dust sparkle

• c. through shadows

• d. through laser beams

3. What is a gnomon?

• a. the projecting piece on a sundial

• b. the projecting light outside a sundial.

• c. the object placed beside a sundial

• d. the objects placed on both sides of a sundial

4. Where does the sun rises?

• a. north

• b. south

• c. west

• d. east

5. Where does the sun sets?

• a. north

• b. south

• c. west

• d. east

6. How does the sun lights the earth at any time of the day?

• a. The sun lights up the entire earth.

• b. The sun lights up half of the earth.

• c. The sun lights up a quarter of the earth.

• d. The sun lights up 3 quarters of the earth.

7. How does the earth rotates on its axis?

• a. The earth is constantly rotating from east to west.

• b. The earth is constantly rotating from north to south.

• c. The earth is constantly rotating from west to east.

• d. The earth is constantly rotating from south to north.

8. What does it mean when we see the sun rising in the east?

• a. It means our part of the world is on the very edge of the sunlit side.

• b. It means our part of the world is on the very edge of the dark side.

9. If the sun rises in the east, towards which direction do we cast our shadow?

• a. to the east

• b. to the north

• c. to the south

• d. to the west

10. If Judy's left-hand side is her east; her back is the south. Towards which direction is her shadow pointing to, in this picture?

• a. southeast direction

• b. southwest direction

• c. northeast direction

• d. northwest direction