The International School of Elite Education

Key Stage 2- Year 5 May 2023

Science Department
Name: ……………………………………. Class: …………… Date: ……………
Earth movement worksheet model answer
Question 1:

(a)     Martin is making a model of the Earth, Sun and Moon. He collects some objects that can be
used to model the Earth, Sun and Moon.

Write Earth, Sun and Moon in the table below to show what each object should model.

 
Object melon pea poppy seed

What it models Sun Earth Moon

(b)     What shape are the Earth, Sun and Moon in space?

  ........................ they are spheres......................................

(c)     Martin uses his model to show what causes day and night.

How can Martin show what causes day and night using his model?

Tick ONE box.

spin the Earth on move the Earth

its axis around the Sun

spin the Sun on move the Sun

its axis around the Earth
 (d)     Martin shines a torch on a globe.
It models the Sun shining on the Earth.

Estimate what time of day it would be on the Earth at place A.

Place B and C have been done for you.

 
Place Time of day

A 12 pm

B 6 pm

C 9 pm

Question 2:

(a)     How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?

  .............365.24 days – 1 year............

(b)     Jan makes a model of the Earth and the Sun to show day-time and night-time.
She uses a lamp for the Sun and a ball for the Earth.

 
 Which of the following correctly shows day and night in this model?

Tick ONE box.

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(c)     How must Jan move the ball to show how one place on Earth has day-time and night-time?

Tick ONE box.

Question 3:

(a)     The picture below shows a model of the Earth, Moon and Sun.

 
 Tick ONE box to show the shape of the Earth, Moon and Sun in space.

          cylinder                                 sphere     

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oval                                       circle         

(b)     Complete the sentences below by writing Earth, Moon or Sun.

  The .......Sun...... is a source of light.

The ......Earth........ orbits the Sun.

The ......Moon.......... has an orbit of 28 days.

(c)     The diagram below shows the model of the Earth, Moon and Sun.

On the diagram, shade in the part of the Earth where it is night.

(d)     Describe how the Earth moves to cause day and night.

  ........................ Earth to spin on its axis.....................

Question 4:

(a)  Joe is finding out about the solar system. He writes four statements about the Sun.

Write true or false next to each statement about the Sun.

True or False?
The Sun is a light source. ______T______
The Sun orbits the Earth. ______F______
The Sun is smaller than the Earth. ______F______
The Sun is a circle. ______F______

(b)  Joe finds out that days and years take different amounts of time on different planets.
 
Time for one
Time for one
Planet year (Earth
day (Earth days)
days)

Mercury 59 88

Venus 243 225

Earth 1 365

Mars 1 687

Jupiter 0.4 4329

Look at the table.

(i)   Which planet has the shortest day?

  _____ Jupiter ______

(ii)  Which planet orbits the Sun quickest?

  _______ Mercury ______

(c)

 
 Look at the table above. Do the planets with shorter days have shorter years? Tick ONE box.

yes no √

Use the information in the table to explain your answer.

  ______ Jupiter has the shortest day but the longest year ________

(d)  All of the planets in our solar system have days and nights.

What movement in space causes day and night on Earth?

  _______ the Earth/it spins/rotates (on its axis)_________

Question 5:

(a)     The diagram shows the Sun, Earth and Moon (not drawn to scale).

Write Sun, Moon and Earth in the correct boxes on the diagram.

(b)     Two orbits are shown.

Write the time taken, in days, for each orbit.

Sun
365

Earth

Moon 28
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Question 7:

She spins the grape around its axis

She rotates the grape around the ball