The Earth & the Sun

Question 1

Where does the Sun rise?

Answer 1

The East

Question 2

Where does the Sun set?

Answer 2

The West

Question 3

What causes the sunrise and sunset

Answer 3

The Earth moving around the Sun

Question 4

Copy the link into YouTube and watch it

Answer 4

https://youtu.be/XsmShFLTTI4

Question 5

How long does it take for the Earth to ORBIT the sun

Answer 5

365 days

Question 6

How long does it take for the Earth to spin on it’s own axis?

Answer 6

24 hours

Question 7

What is another name for spinning on it’s own axis?

Answer 7

Rotation

Question 8

At which angle is the earth tilted?

Answer 8

23.5 Deg

Question 9

What causes night and day?

Answer 9

The Rotation of the Earth

Question 10

Why do we have different seasons?

Answer 10

Because Earth receives different amounts of heat and light during the year.

Question 11

Explain what causes the different seasons?

Answer 11

The Earth moves around the Sun.
The orbit of the Earth is oval.
At certain times of the year Earth is further or closer to the sun.
When Earth is closer to the Sun it is warmer. When it is further away, it is cooler.

Question 12

Copy the link into YouTube and watch it

Answer 12

https://youtu.be/KUU7IyfR34o

Question 13

What do we call one full orbit around the Sun?

Answer 13

One full orbit around the sun is one revolution

Question 14

What is the force that causes the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

Answer 14

The Earth revolves around the Sun because of gravity!

Question 15

Why do we have LEAP year?

Answer 15

Because the Earth really rotates 365 ¼ times during each revolution.
The calendar always has 365 days.
After every 4 years, the earth has made one extra rotation.
Therefore one extra day is added to the month of February once in every four years forming a leap year with 366 days.

Question 16

Complete the following sentence:

The SUN is a ………..at the centre of our solar system.

Answer 16

STAR

Question 17

Here is a clever acronym to remember the planets:

My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets.

Answer 17

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Question 18

Aaaah shame…what happened to Pluto

Answer 18

Pluto was too small to be a planet. So today, Pluto is no longer considered to be one of the major planets. It is a dwarf planet.