Following the Sun Crash Course Kids

The direction of your shadow is always _____

• away from the Sun
• towards the Sun
• towards the east
• towards the west

The Sun appears to move across the sky because the Earth _____

• rotates on its axis
• revolves around the Sun
• is tilted at an angle
• orbits the Sun

Ancient civilizations thousands of years ago used the Sun _____

• for cooking food
• like a giant clock
• for Sun tanning
• to generate electricity

Every day, ancient civilizations saw the sun rising in the _____

• north
• south
• east
• west

Early in the morning, an objects shadow will extend to the _____

• north
• east
• west
• south

When is the Sun high in the sky, almost directly overhead?

• 7 a.m.
• 9 a.m.
• noon
• 4 p.m.

When a shadow is long and towards the east, it's _____

• early morning
• noon
• shortly after noon
• late afternoon

The first graph showed that when the Sun is low in the sky, shadows are _____

• long
• short
• pointing north
• pointing east

Referring to the graph, when was the shadow the shortest?

• 7:00 AM
• 11:00 AM
• 12:00 PM
• 6:00 PM

Referring to the graph, when was the shadow recorded as the longest?

• 7:00 AM
• 11:00 AM
• 12:00 PM
• 6:00 PM