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Solar System- Grade 5

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1
What is indirect sunlight?
A more concentrated area of sun with more heat and energy.
Covers more space with less heat and energy.
Winter
Summer
2
What is our axis?
The point which we revolve around
The line the separates the north and south hemispheres
An imaginary line running through the poles of the earth
3
How long does it take earth to make one full revolution?
365.25 days
4 years
12 hours
24 hours
4
How long does it take earth to make one full rotation?
365 days
365.25 days
12 hours
24 hours
5
At 8:00 in the morning, the shadow of a tree would point
North
South
East
West
6
The sun sets in the
North
East
West
South
7
The sun rises in the
South
West
North
East
8
What is direct sunlight?
Covers more space with less heat and energy.
Winter
Summer
A more concentrated area of sun with more heat and energy.
9
What does it mean to revolve?
A planets path around the sun
Spin in place on an axis
To walk around something
To move completely around an object
10
If the northern hemisphere is in winter, the southern hemisphere is
Facing the sun.
Facing away from the sun.
tilted away from the sun.
Tilted towards the sun.
11
The earth is closest to the sun when the northern hemisphere is in
Fall
Summer
Winter
Spring
12
The earth has seasons because
the distance we are from the sun changes throughout the year
earth is tilted causing parts of earth to get directsunlight
the axis tilts back + forth from the sun during earths orbit