What does the Earth do to cause day and night?
The Earth goes around the Moon
The Earth spins on its axis
A line that light travels in:
ray
reflect
Which surfaces from the list below absorb light?
mirror and clear water
muddy water and wood
The action of light bouncing off a surface:
reflect
absorb
Between 08:00 and midday the shadow becomes ______.
Between midday and 16:00 the shadow becomes ______.
shorter/longer
longer/shorter
The shadow is ... at sunrise and sunset.
The shadow is ... in the middle of the day.
longest / shortest
shortest / longest
The changes in shadow length are because ...
the Sun moves across the sky
the Earth spins on its axis
Label features numbered 1–3 on the diagram
1 – Sun, 2 – orbit, 3 – Moon
1 – Sun, 2 – orbit, 3 – axis
1 – Sun, 2 – Earth, 3 – Moon
A lump of ice and dirt that travels in a large orbitaround the Sun:
asteroid
comet
Go round and round very fast:
proof
spin
In the opposite direction to a clock’s hands:
anticlockwise
clockwise
Label features numbered 4–5 on the diagram
4 – axis,5 – Earth
4 – Moon,5 – Earth
4 – axis,5 – orbit
List the planets besides Earth that orbit the Sun:
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Rocky masses that orbit the Sun:
asteroid
comet
The light source is ... and the object is ...
Cat/Flashlight
Flashlight/Cat