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Sun Altitude (page 55)

1. Write this sentence again but change the word altitude for a different word:
The altitude of the sun changed in the afternoon.

2. Why does the suns altitude change each day? Is it because the Earth is moving
or the sun is moving?

3. What changes as the suns altitude increases or decreases?

4. In Vietnam, when the sunlight hits earth at a right angle (90), where is the sun
and what time of day is it?

5. True or false. When the sun is at a 90 angle the sunlight is more concentrated.

6. Does it feel hotter when when the suns light is more concentrated or when it is
slanted?
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7. Draw a picture of a park. Then draw the sun and the sunlight so it hits the ground
at a slant.

Time of day:
8. When would you have a longer shadow? When the the sunlight hits the earth at a
right angle or when sunlight hits the earth at a slant?