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Daylight Throughout the Year

Daylight Throughout the Year

Daylight Throughout the

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18 Location (Latitude) —  16 (0°) — Honolulu, Hawaii 14 (21.3°N) — Washington, D.C. 12 (38.9°N) 10 — Seattle, Washington 8 (47.6°N) — Juneau, Alaska 6 (58.3°N) Hours of Daylight Per Per Hours Daylight of

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© Mark Garlick/Science Source © Learning A–Z All rights reserved. www.sciencea-z.com Daylight and Movements of Earth Lesson 4 Name Date Part 1: Make a Model In the space provided, make a model that shows the cause of and nighttime on Earth. Label which part of Earth is experiencing daytime and which part is experiencing nighttime. Then complete the tasks. 1.

2. Each place on Earth has a period of daytime and a period of nighttime during one full day. Add an arrow to your model that shows what causes this phenomenon and label it “one day.”

3. Does Earth’s orbit or Earth’s rotation cause daytime and nighttime? Explain your answer.

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1. How does Earth’s movement cause the pattern on the graph? ______

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2. Why does the pattern repeat year after year? ______

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© Learning A–Z All rights reserved. 2 www.sciencea-z.com Storyline Assessment Daylight and Movements of Earth Lesson 4 Name Date 3. Look back at the graph on page 2. On the diagram below, mark the position of Earth that corresponds to the number of daylight hours at point A and at point B on the graph. Remember that Minneapolis is in the Northern Hemisphere.

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4. Explain how the line on the graph would look if it were showing the daylight hours for a city on the equator (0°). ______

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Part 3: Make a Claim Write a claim supported by evidence that explains the relationship between Earth’s orbit around the Sun and the number of daylight hours that different locations receive in a day. ______

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© Learning A–Z All rights reserved. 3 www.sciencea-z.com Storyline Assessment Daylight and Movements of Earth Lesson 4 ANSWER KEY AND TEACHING TIPS Connections to the Next Generation Science Standards* Target Science and Engineering Practice: Analyzing and Interpreting Data • Represent data in graphical displays (bar graphs, pictographs and/or pie charts) to reveal patterns that indicate relationships. Associated Performance Expectation: 5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and , and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night .

All questions in this assessment relate to the Disciplinary Core Ideas DCI of this Performance Expectation. Look for the SEP and CCC symbols for questions that specifically address Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts. Summary Students demonstrate their knowledge of the relationship between Earth’s movements and daytime by making a model of Earth’s rotation, recognizing patterns in the number of daylight hours in a particular location, and connecting the number of daylight hours to Earth’s tilt, shape, and position during its orbit around the Sun.

SEP Part 1: Make a Model 1. Student models will vary but should show that Earth’s rotation is the cause of daytime and nighttime, as it completes one full turn during each 24-hour period. Ideally, models will show that Earth’s axis is tilted, not vertical. An example is provided.

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2. Student models should include an arrow that indicates Earth’s rotation and is labeled “one day.” Ideally, their arrow should circle the planet to represent the rotation of Earth. See example above. 3. Earth’s rotation causes daytime and nighttime. Half of Earth always faces the Sun and experiences daytime while the other half faces away from the Sun and experiences nighttime. As Earth rotates, the places that experience day and night change. This would happen even if Earth didn’t orbit the Sun. Earth’s orbit causes (and seasons), not daytime and nighttime.

* Next Generation Science Standards is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards was involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

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SEP Part 2: Use the Graph 1. The pattern shows that the number of hours of daylight per day is higher in the summer and lower in the winter. This pattern is caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis. At some points in Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the tilt causes one hemisphere to lean toward the Sun while the other one is tilted away. The hemisphere that is leaning toward the Sun has summer, with more hours of daylight. The hemisphere that is leaning away from the Sun has winter, with fewer hours of daylight.

CCC 2. The graph shows a two-year cycle in which the number of hours rises and falls twice. The pattern repeats because Earth keeps orbiting the Sun year after year. 3. See completed diagram. The point on the graph marked “A” represents winter in Minneapolis, B Minnesota. During winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth’s axis is tilted away from the Sun, resulting in fewer hours of daylight Sun per day. The point marked “B” represents summer in Minneapolis. During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth’s axis A not to scale is tilted toward the Sun, resulting in more Earth’s orbit hours of daylight per day. 4. The line on the graph would be (almost) flat at (around) twelve hours of daylight throughout the seasons because places near the equator get (almost) the same amount of daylight all year long. Part 3: Make a Claim Because Earth’s axis is tilted, places on Earth can have a different number of daylight hours depending on where Earth is in its orbit around the Sun. For example, the graph in Part 2 shows  that Minneapolis, Minnesota, gets more hours of sunlight in the summer than in the winter. That’s because when Minneapolis is tilted toward the Sun, it gets more hours of sunlight. As Earth moves around the Sun, Minneapolis leans away from the Sun and gets fewer hours of sunlight.

Teaching Tips If students have trouble performing the tasks on this assessment, have them review the Earth Orbits the Sun Science Video to visualize the movements of Earth around its axis and around the Sun. Then have them review the Earth’s Seasons Science Diagram and the models they created during Lesson 4. Explain that daytime and nighttime are caused by Earth completing one rotation during a 24-hour period, but Earth’s shape, tilt, and position in its orbit around the Sun determine the number of daylight hours in each location. Throughout one year, and year after year, the number of daylight hours in a particular location follows a pattern that is predictable and reveals relationships between Earth’s motion and the Sun. Extensions For students who complete their work early or are ready for an extra challenge, assign additional resources related to this topic found on the Grade 5 Space Systems NGSS page on Science A–Z.

Illustration credits: pages 3, 4, and 5: Signe Nordin/© Learning A–Z.com

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