What Warms Earth?
What gives the Earth light and warmth?
The sun
True or false: You can see objects when there is no light
False (in darkness you cannot see without light).
When do you usually see the sun in the sky? (morning, night, or both)
Morning (and daytime).
The sun is hot. (True/False)
True.
Match: Sun — (a) Light, (b) Cold, (c) Night.
(a) Light.
Name one thing on Earth that the sun warms?
land, air, or water is a correct answer
What makes a shadow? (Short answer)
A shadow is made when something blocks light.
Does the sun look like it moves across the sky during the day? (yes or no)
Yes.
The moon gives Earth the same heat the sun does. (True/False)
False.
Match: Shadow — (a) Made by light, (b) A type of animal, (c) A plant.
(a) Made by light.
Why do you feel warm when you stand in the sun? (Short answer)
Because the sun's light and energy warm you.
If the sun is behind you, where will your shadow be? (front, back, left, or right)
Front (your shadow will be in front of you).
Where is the sun in the sky at noon: low or high?
High.
Sunlight can travel through space to reach Earth. (True/False)
True.
Match: Morning — (a) Sun rises, (b) Sun sets, (c) Nighttime.
(a) Sun rises.
Tell two places the sun warms on Earth.
Land and air (or land and water, or air and water).
How does putting your hand in sunlight make a shadow on the ground? (Short answer)
Your hand blocks sunlight so light can't reach that area — a shadow forms.
What happens to the sun's position from morning to afternoon? (Short answer)
It appears to move from one side of the sky to the other (rises in morning, moves across, sets in evening).
The sun always stays in the same place in the sky all day. (True/False)
False.
Match: Noon — (a) Sun is highest, (b) Sun is lowest, (c) Dark outside.
(a) Sun is highest.
Explain in one sentence how the sun helps plants grow.
The sun provides energy/light that plants use to grow
Name one way to change the size of a shadow (move closer/farther from light or change angle).
Move the object closer/farther from the light or change the angle of the light.
Draw or describe how the sun's position changes from morning to evening. (Teacher reads student description)
(Accept drawings or descriptions showing sun rising in morning, high at midday, setting in evening.)
Shadows can tell us where the sun is in the sky. (True/False)
True.
Match: The sun gives Earth — (a) Warmth and light, (b) Only light, (c) Only warmth.
(a) Warmth and light.