7La/1 Know your planet

 

Name _____________________________   Class ____________

 

1       Fill in the missing words using words from the box.

 

 

         The planet we live on is called the ____________________.

 

         It gets its  ____________________ and  ____________________ from the Sun. The Moon is

 

         the Earth's natural ____________________ . It  ____________________ the Earth once

 

         every ____________________ days.

 

2       Look at the diagram and fill in the labels. Write the numbers of the correct sentence in boxes
a to e.

 

1       On this side it is night time. 2       The Earth is a sphere. 3       On this side it is daytime. 4       Sunlight. 5       The Earth's axis.

 

3       Fill in the correct answers. The answers you need are in the box.

 

 

a        The Earth year has ____________________ .

 

b        We have a leap year every ____________________ .

 

c        The Earth moves around the ____________________ .

 

d        The calendar year has ____________________ .

 

e        The Earth goes around the Sun in ____________________ .

 

f        The Earth does one complete spin every ____________________ .

 

[ knowledge, literacy ]

7La/2 Telling the time with shadows

 

This diagram shows where the Sun would be at different times of day if you were looking south. At 4 p.m. the stick would cast a shadow like the one in the diagram.

 

 

1       What time of day would it be if the stick made shadows like these?

 

 

2       Draw the stick and its shadow for these times:

a        8 am                               b       2 pm.

3       Explain why the Sun appears to move across the sky each day. Draw a diagram to help you to explain.

4       a        What are the advantages of using a sundial to tell the time?

b        What are the disadvantages?

 

[ knowledge, considering ]