10. Earth and Space

It is midday in Hong Kong. What time of day is it in Jeddah?

Use the picture to help.

• It is midday in Jeddah.

• It is midnight in Jeddah.

• It is early evening in Jeddah.

• It is early morning in Jeddah.

Match each term to the correct definition.

• a large round object orbiting the sun

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• a fragment of rock orbiting the sun

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• a lump of ice orbiting the sun

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• a huge ball of super hot-gas

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Diagrams A to E show the position of the Sun in the sky during the day. Drag the diagrams into the correct order from EARLIEST time of day to LATEST time of day.

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Label the planets of our solar system. The sun is on the left.

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

a

Mars

Earth

Mercury

Uranus

Neptune

Saturn

Sun

Jupiter

Venus

Answer explanation

True or false?

The asteroid belt is closer to the Sun than Earth is.

• True

• False

In which direction does the Earth spin if looking down from the North Pole?

• clockwise

• anticlockwise

• rotation

• The Earth does not spin.