Science 7

Science – Grade 7
Quarter 4 – Module 13: Earth’s movement with respect to the Sun
First Edition, 2020

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 Science 7
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 13
Earth’s movement with
respect to the Sun
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module 13 on Earth’s movement with

respect to the Sun!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module 13 on Earth’s movement with

respect to the Sun!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations – This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge aboutthe lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson- This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up- This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing- This partintegrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This module is written for better understanding in the terms about Sun-
Earth-Moon model.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

a. describe the movement of the Earth’s with respect to the Sun.

b. explain the effects of the movement of the Earth with respect to the sun.
c. recognize the importance of Earth’s movement.

PRETEST

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on
a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is earth’s rotation?
a. When the earth bounces.
b. When the earth spins on its axis.
c. When the sun spins around the earth.
d. When the earth’s orbit around the sun.
2. How long does earth’s rotation last?
a. 60 minutes
b. 360 minutes
c. 24 hours
d. 365.25 days
3. How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
a. 60 minutes
b. 360 minutes
c. 24 hours
d. 365.25 days
4. What do you call the imaginary line between the North pole and South pole?
a. Axis
b. Revolution
c. Rotation
d. Spins
5. Which of the following are the effects of the movements of the Earth?
a. day and night
b. light and dark
c. sun and moon
d. star and sun
 RECAP

In Grade 6, you have learned about the major members of our solar system.

Let us find out if you still remember it.

Name the major members of our solar system by arranging the jumbled letters.
Use the descriptions to find the hidden word.

1. U N S - center of the Solar System

2. T H E A R - third planet from the sun and considered as the blue
planet
3. S U N E V - hottest planet in our solar system
4. E P N T E U N - eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun
5. P I T E R U J - fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System

LESSON

The solar system is made up of the Sun and everything that orbits around it,
including the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids.

The Solar System

http://www.justscience.in/articles/demystifying-the-solar-system/2017/05/26

In your Grade 6 lessons, you encountered the different planets and its
characteristics in the solar system namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
 The Earth
https://nomoreplanet.com/planet-earth/

Our home planet Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the only planet
known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of water on its surface,
and, of course, life. It is the fifth largest of the planets in the solar system and it's
smaller than the four gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — but
larger than the three other rocky planets, Mercury, Mars and Venus.

Earth has a diameter of roughly 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) and is round
because gravity pulls matter into a ball. But it's not perfectly round. Earth is really
an "oblate spheroid," because its spin causes it to be squashed at its poles and
swollen at the equator. It is orbiting at about 149 million km (93 million miles).

Earth is constantly spinning like a top around its axis. This spinning is what
we called rotation. A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center
of rotation. The geometric plane along which the rotation occurs is called the rotation
plane, and the imaginary line extending from the center and perpendicular to the
rotation plane is called the rotation axis.

https://k8schoollessons.com/earths-rotation/
https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/kids/know/nature_01.html
 It rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the north pole
star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise. The effect of Earth's rotation is that we
have a cycle of daylight and darkness approximately every 24 hours. This is called a
day. As Earth rotates, the side of Earth facing the Sun experiences daylight, and the
opposite side (facing away from the Sun) experiences darkness or nighttime.

While the Earth spin on its axis, it also revolves around the sun. The path of
the Earth moving around the Sun is called an orbit. The Earth’s orbit is elliptical.
This movement is called revolution. It takes one (1) year or 365.25 days to complete
a full revolution that revolves from west to east or in the counterclockwise
direction. Since the Earth is not perfectly in line, we have a Leap year, for every 4
years, we take the extra 1/4 days from the previous years, combine them, and add
an extra day to the calendar.

Due to its revolution, we can experience daily weather and global climate by
affecting wind direction, temperature, ocean currents and precipitation.

Revolution of the Earth

https://study.com/academy/lesson/revolution-of-the-earth-speed-effects.html

Earth’s movement is important to all living things on Earth. As

the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun, each area of its surface
gets a turn to face and be warmed by the sun. The sun affects everything from the
weather we experience to the food we eat, and even our health.

ACTIVITIES

Module No. 13: Activity 1: Can you name me?

Learning Competency:
• Describe the movement of the Earth’s with respect to the Sun.
Direction: Based on the pictures below and the boxes provided, name the following
words.

1.
https://www.spacecentre.nz/resources/faq/solar-system/earth/rotation-
speed.html

2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CqkQv617bcw

3.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/blog/snl-educator/calculating-earths-tilt-winter-
solstice/
 4.
http://clipart-library.com/beautiful-day-cliparts.html

5.
https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/good-
night?phrase=good%20night&sort=mostpopular

Module No. 13: Activity 2: Can you explain it to me?

Direction: Based on the picture above, answer the following questions.
1. How does the Earth spins on its axis?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. How fast the Earth spins on its axis?
_____________________________________________________________________
3. How does the Earth revolve around the sun?
_____________________________________________________________________
4. How long does the Earth revolve around the sun?
_____________________________________________________________________
5. What is the effect of Earth’s rotation?
_____________________________________________________________________
6. What is the effect of Earth’s revolution?
______________________________________________________________________
7. What is rotation?
_______________________________________________________________________
8. What is revolution?
______________________________________________________________________
9. – 10. Give the importance of earth’s movement around the sun.
______________________________________________________________________

WRAP-UP

To summarize what you have learned, complete the paragraphs.

The Earth’s movement through space affects life on Earth. We experience

___________________ because of this movement on the Earth’s ______ known as
____________. It takes the Earth _____________ to rotate on its axis. The Earth’s axis
is an invisible line that intersects the Earth through both the _____________.
 The Earth moves along a path around the ________. This path is known as an
__________. One complete trip on this path around the sun is known as a
_______________. It takes the Earth___________________ to complete its journey around
the Sun. Every _________________, we take the extra 1/4 days from the previous years,
combine them, and add an extra day to the calendar called Leap year.

day and night revolution rotation

axis orbit Sun
4 years 24 hours 365 1/4 days
North and South poles

VALUING

Module No. 13: Activity 3: You owe me!

Earth’s movement around the sun can greatly affect the Earth’s environment
and even affects our daily lives.

The environmental impacts of human activity are expected to increase as the

climate continues to warm and as the world becomes progressively more populated,
industrialized, and urbanized.

The following are the pictures that shows the importance/ impacts of earth’s
movement. Tell something about its importance.
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https://webstockreview.net/explore/clothing-clipart-thin-clothes/
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Clothes-Clipart-Creative-Clips-Clipart-4407332

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https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cloudy+day+clipart

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http://clipart-library.com/night-cliparts.html
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https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-struggles-to-help-millions-of-flood-victims/a-
16153213

POSTTEST

Read and answer the questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following best describes Earth’s rotation?
a. The spinning on its axis
b. The imaginary line of Earth
c. The orbiting around the sun
d. The orbiting around the moon
2. How are earths revolve around the sun?
a. Clockwise
b. Counterclockwise
c. Downward
d. Upward
3. Earth’s rotate on its axis. How long it rotates on its axis?
a. 24 minutes
b. 24 days
c. 24 weeks
d. 24 years
4. Aside from spinning on Earth’s axis, the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
How long does it have a full revolution?
a. 365.25 days
b. 365.50 weeks
c. 364 months
d. 365.25 years
5. The Earth’s movement can greatly affect our lives. Which of the following is
NOT correct?
a. Cooking and eating delicious foods.
b. Wearing thin clothes when it is summer.
c. Wearing thick clothes when it is cold seasons.
d. Spreading of many diseases related to changes in weather conditions.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5) A 4) A 3) D 2) B 1) A
Posttest
5) Jupiter 4) Neptune 3) Venus 2) Earth 1) Sun
Recap
5) A 4) A 3) D 2) C 1) B
Pre-Test

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Asuncion,et.al.2017. Science Learner’s Material 7 First Edition. Pasig City. FEP Printing
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Asuncion,et.al.2017. Science Teacher’s Guide Material 7 First Edition. Pasig City. FEP
Printing Corporation
Madriaga,et.al.2017. Science Links 7 Revised Edition. Rex Book Store, Inc.

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https://www.nap.edu/read/12860/chapter/6
https://sciencing.com/movements-sun-moon-earth-8351782.html
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/earthscience/chapter/the-sun-and-the-earth-moon-
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https://byjus.com/physics/rotation-and-revolution/
http://www.peaseswest.durham.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Earth-
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https://www.space.com/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/185421709638650758/