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Day & Night Task Cards

Last updated 7 months ago

20 questions

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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.?

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

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

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

Why is a globe a helpful tool?

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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?

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

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

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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?

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

Which statement about the picture is true?

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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?

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

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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?

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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.?

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

Which statement about the picture is true?

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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?

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A student listed the observations below.

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

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

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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?

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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?

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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?