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Unit 5E Earth, Sun and Moon
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Unit 5E Vocabulary
Earth
Our home planet
Axis
A fixed point which an object spins round
Moon
The Earths satellite
Sunrise
The time of day when the sun comes up
Sphere
A round object, like a ball
Sunset
The time of day when the sun goes down
Revolve
To go around a point
North
A point on the compass
Orbit
To travel around another body
South
A point on the compass
Spin
To go around a point
East
A point on the compass
Rotate
To turn on an axis/centre, like a playground
roundabout
West
A point on the compass
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Unit 5E What shape are the Earth, the Sun and
the Moon?
The Moon
The Earth
The Sun
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Unit 5E What shape are the Earth, the Sun and
the Moon?
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Unit 5E The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the
Moon
Moon
Earth
Sun
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Unit 5E The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the
Moon
The moon orbits the Earth
The Earth orbits the sun
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Unit 5E The Moving Sun
Light Rays
Shadow
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Unit 5E The Moving Sun
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Unit 5E Night and Day
Day
Night
Light
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Unit 5E The Rising and Setting Sun
WEST
EAST
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Unit 5E Sunrise and Sunset Times
Date Sunrise Sunset
1st January 0815 1600
1st February 0745 1700
1st March 0700 1745
1st April 0545 1845
1st May 0430 1930
1st June 0400 2015
1st July 0345 2030
1st August 0430 2000
1st September 0515 1900
1st October 0615 1745
1st November 0700 1645
1st December 0800 1600
Use the data in the table to plot a bar chart
showing sunrise and sunset times. See the example
if you are unsure how to present your work.
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Unit 5E Sunrise and Sunset times Example graph
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Unit 5E Orbits
The moon orbits the Earth
It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth once
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Unit 5E Orbits
The Earth orbits the sun
It takes 1 year to orbit the sun once
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Unit 5E The Shape of the Moon
Sunlight
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Unit 5E Summary
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