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Day & Night Task Cards

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Question 1

1.

The picture shows the location of the Sun in the sky at 7:00 A.M.

Which picture best shows the Sun’s location at 10:00 A.M.?

Question 2

2.

Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?

Question 3

3.

When the sun is just above the East horizon, which of the following is true?

Sunset will occur in less than 2 hours.

Sunrise occurred within the last 6 hours.

Sunrise will occur in less than 2 hours.

Sunset occurred within the last 6 hours

Question 4

4.

Students are using a globe to learn about day and night.

Why is a globe a helpful tool?

It models Earth’s rotation on its axis.

It models Earth’s revolution around the Sun.

It models the phases of the moon.

Question 5

5.

A teacher asked three students to each write a statement related to day and night on Earth.
Their responses are shown in the box.

Which of the students wrote a true statement about day and night?

Student 1 only

Students 1 and 3 only

Question 6

6.

Which image best represents the shadow cast by the Sun at 6:00 P.M?

Question 7

7.

Which drawing best represents the location of the Sun in the sky at noon?

Question 8

8.

A student pointed a flashlight modeling the Sun toward a globe modeling Earth. The student spun the globe. What was the student most likely demonstrating?

The moon’s rotation on its axis causing day and night

Earth’s orbit around the sun causing day and night

The sun’s orbit around Earth causing day and night

Question 9

9.

The picture shows the shadow cast by a lamppost at 3 different times of the day.

Which statement about the picture is true?

Shadow A appeared in the evening.

Shadow B appeared at midnight.

Shadow C appeared just before sunset.

Question 10

10.

A teacher asked a student to write 5 statements about day and night. The student’s statements are shown in the box below.

Which of the statements are correct?

Statements 1, 3, and 5 only

Statements 2 and 4 only

Statements 1 and 5 only

Question 11

11.

Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?

Question 12

12.

The model shows the movements of Earth, the moon, and the sun.

• The beam moves Earth around the Sun.
• The wire moves the moon around Earth.
• Earth and the moon can each spin on its bar.

Which of the following does this model not demonstrate?

Question 13

13.

The picture on the right shows the shadow cast by a tree at 5:00 P.M.

Which picture shows how the tree’s shadow most likely looked at 7:00 A.M.?

Question 14

14.

When a student faces a doghouse, East is the the left and West is to the right.

Which statement about the picture is true?

The sun will set in less than 2 hours.

The picture shows late afternoon.

The picture shows early morning.

Question 15

15.

A student designed the model on the right to explain why half of Earth experiences day while the other half experiences night.

How could the student best improve the model?

Add a sphere representing the moon between the sphere representing Earth and the lamp.

Walk around the lamp while holding the sphere representing the Earth.

Spin the sphere representing Earth on the stick.

Question 16

16.

A student listed the observations below.

Which of the observations occur due to the rotation of Earth on its axis?

Observation 1 and 3 only

Observation 2 only

Observation 2 and 4 only

Question 17

17.

Which picture best represents the sundial’s shadow at the position of the Sun shown?

Question 18

18.

A teacher asked students to explain what they see in this picture. Four student explanations are shown below.

Which of the students gave a correct response?

Student 1 only

Student 1 and 2 only

Question 19

19.

The diagram shows how half of Earth experiences daylight while the other half experiences darkness.

Two locations are represented by letters.

Which statement about the diagram is not true?

Location X is experiencing sunset.

The sun appears to rise in the East.

Question 20

20.

At 10:00 A.M., a student saw the sun shining through the window. A few hours later, the sun was no longer visible through the window.

What is responsible for the sun no longer appearing through the window?

The moon’s revolution around Earth

Sun’s orbit around Earth

Earth’s orbit around the Sun

It models the appearance of the Sun at different times throughout the day.

Student 2 only

Students 2 and 3 only

The Earth’s rotation on its axis causing day and night

Shadow A appeared around 4:00 P.M.

Statements 1, 4, and 5 only

Earth’s rotation on its axis

The Sun’s orbit around Earth

The moon’s rotation on its axis

The reason Earth experiences day and night

The sun will reach the west horizon in less than 2 hours.

Add a sphere representing the moon to the left of the sphere representing Earth.

Observation 1, 3, and 4 only

Student 3 only

Students 1, 3, and 4 only

Earth rotates on its axis.

Location Y is experiencing nighttime.

Earth’s rotation on its axis