The Earth's Movements

Watch this video about the Earth's movements. Listen carefully - she talks very fast! 

Now you are going to complete exercise 9 in your workbook. 

Start to complete the question sheet. 

The Earth

The Earth is the planet where we live. To study it, we use two imaginary lines:

The axis crosses Earth through the centre and passes through the two poles: the North Pole and the South Pole.

The equator divides Earth into two halves called the hemispheres: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

 

 The Earth makes two types of movements: rotation (it rotates on its axis) and revolution (it revolves or orbits around the Sun).

Thanks to rotation, we have day time and night time. Thanks to the revolution, we have four different seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.

Activities

1/ What are the two types of movements of the Earth?

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2/ Complete the chart:

IMAGINARY LINE	DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO
Axis
Equator

 

3/ Look at the picture and answer the questions:

 

1. What’s the name of the movement?

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2. How many seasons do we have? What are their names?

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Look at the pictures. Can you say what season you can see? 

You are going to watch this video. Then, watch the video again but this time with no sound. We need one volunteer to come and explain what is happening in the video!

Here is a list of useful vocabulary. You need to write it in your book. 

Earth
Sun
Axis
Tilt
Seasons
Rotate
Orbit
Light
Dark
Daylight
Energy
North pole
South pole