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WorksheetsUnit 8 Lesson 2 What Causes Day and Night?
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
This picture shows Earth in space.
Which place on Earth is having daytime?
A
B
C
Which thing rotates like Earth?
a boat that floats
a plane that lands
a wheel that spins
Which is true about the sun when shadows are long?
It is low in the sky.
It is high in the sky.
It cannot be seen in the sky.
This table shows the length of a shadow at different times of the day.
When was the shadow the shortest?
8 a.m.
12 p.m.
4 p.m.
What causes sunrise and sunset?
Earth orbits.
Earth rotates.
The sun moves around Earth.
How many times does the sun seem to rise in one week?
1
7
5
What happens when your part of Earth faces away from the sun?
It is morning.
It is afternoon.
It is evening.
Where would you see the most shadows?
inside in a dark room
outside on a sunny day
outside on a cloudy day
What is another word for rotate?
spin
skip
orbit
What happens when Earth rotates?
The number of hours in a day changes.
The length of a shadow changes.
A. The shape of the sun changes.
Look at this picture of Earth.
What does the arrow show?
how many times Earth rotates
the direction in which Earth rotates
how fast Earth moves around the sun
How long does it take Earth to rotate once?
one month
one week
24 hours
This picture shows the shadow of an umbrella at noon.
What will happen to the shadow in the late afternoon?
It will not change.
It will become longer.
It will become shorter.
Think about how the sun looks in the sky. Name three details about how the sun appears to change throughout the day. Explain why these changes happen.
