WorksheetsShadow and Orbits
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. When the Sun shines on the pole, a shadow of the pole is cast. At different times of the day _________ .
the shadow will be at a different place
the shadow will have a different length
the shadow will be at a different place and have a different length
the shadow will be at the same place and have the same length
2. A shadow is the longest ________ .
at midday
in the morning
in the evening
in the morning and the evening
3. A dark shape that appears when something moves between the surface and a source of light is a _________
tide
shadow
season
light
4. Some of the patterns that occur on Earth happen because of the position of Earth in relation to the sun. _________ and seasons are two patterns dependent on the relationship between the Sun and Earth.
shadows
tides
volcanoes
earthquakes
5. The kind of shadow depends on the size and position of
object
light source
both a (object) and b (light source)
sun
6. Light cannot reach behind an object because it cannot
bend
rotate
flexible
all of them
7. Long shadows with different positions are found when sun is low in western horizon in
afternoon
noon
late afternoon
sunset
8. The Earth's orbit around the Sun is a perfect circle.
True
False
9. What is the definition of orbit?
all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
the spinning of the earth on its axis
when the lit part of the moon increases
the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on
10. What keeps the Earth in its orbit?
The Sun’s speed rotating
The Sun’s gravitational pull
The Earth’s spin direction
The Earth’s location between other planets
