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Earth in Space - Level 3 - Questions

The document contains a quiz with questions about the Earth, shadows, and the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Question 1 asks students to complete sentences about the Earth spinning on its axis every 24 hours, the side facing away from the Sun being in darkness, and it taking 365 days to orbit the Sun. Question 2 is about shadows - they form when light shines on an object, a rounders post casts a dark shadow because it is opaque, and the length of the shadow decreases over the course of the morning. Question 3 asks students to identify the Earth, Moon, and Sun as spherical bodies, and to label them as the source of light, orbiting the Sun, and

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Earth in Space - Level 3 - Questions

The document contains a quiz with questions about the Earth, shadows, and the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Question 1 asks students to complete sentences about the Earth spinning on its axis every 24 hours, the side facing away from the Sun being in darkness, and it taking 365 days to orbit the Sun. Question 2 is about shadows - they form when light shines on an object, a rounders post casts a dark shadow because it is opaque, and the length of the shadow decreases over the course of the morning. Question 3 asks students to identify the Earth, Moon, and Sun as spherical bodies, and to label them as the source of light, orbiting the Sun, and

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Q1.

          The Earth

Complete the following sentences.

  The Earth spins on its axis once every .............................. hours.


1 mark

The half of the Earth facing away from the Sun is in .............................
1 mark

It takes about 365 days for the Earth to orbit the ................................. .
1 mark

Q2.          Shadows

(a)     One sunny day, some children use a rounders post to make shadows in their
playground.

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When light shines on the rounders post, a shadow forms.

Where does the light come from?

  ......................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b)     The rounders post makes a dark shadow.

Tick ONE box to complete the sentence below.

The rounders post makes a dark shadow because it is...


 

opaque. smooth.

solid. transparent.

tall. heavy.

1 mark

(c)     The children draw round the shadow of the rounders post every half hour from 9:30
until 12 noon.

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They measure the length of each shadow and record their results in this table:
 
Time (am) Length of shadow (cm)

9:30 146

10:00 130

10:30 116

11:00 109

11:30 106

12:00 103

What happened to the length of the shadow during the morning?

  ......................................................................................................................
1 mark

(d)     The children make a line graph to show the results from the morning.

Continue the line on the graph to show how the length of the shadow would change
between 12 noon and 2:30pm.

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1 mark

Q3.          The Earth, Moon and Sun

(a)     The picture below shows a model of the Earth, Moon and Sun.

Tick ONE box to show the shape of the Earth, Moon and Sun in space.

          cylinder                                 sphere     

oval                                       circle       


1 mark

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(b)     Complete the sentences below by writing Earth, Moon or Sun.

  The ............................ is a source of light.

The ............................ orbits the Sun.

The ............................ has an orbit of 28 days.


2 marks

(c)     The diagram below shows the model of the Earth, Moon and Sun.

On the diagram, shade in the part of the Earth where it is night.

1 mark

(d)     Describe how the Earth moves to cause day and night.

  .......................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................
1 mark

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