Grade 6

SCIENCE 6
TOPIC II: EARTH AND SPACE
SUBTOPICS: - Weather Patterns in the Philippines
- Motions of the Earth
- Planets

Weather –is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place over a short period of time in terms of:

Climate – refers to the weather pattern of a place

over a long period of time."

Based on the modified Corona

classification, the four climate
types in the Philippines are the
Types I, II, III, and IV.

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The dry season may be
subdivided

further into:
•

cool
dry

season,
from December to February;

and
• hot dry season,
from March to May."

The Reason for Seasons

• The Earth is in a slightly elliptical orbit

around the Sun - we are farthest from the
Sun during the
Northern Hemisphere summer.
• It is the tilt of the Earth’s axis with respect to orbit
plane that is the cause of the seasons.

The tilt has two main effects.

1) The path the Sun takes through the sky changes
during the year. Fewer daylight hours in the Winter.
2) The intensity of sunlight decreases in the winter
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The Night Sky at Different
Seasons
• We see different stars at different times of the year.
The stars are always there, but can only be seen
against the dark night sky.

Moon phases
• The moon phases are due to the
relative positions of the Sun and
moon. One half of the moon is
always illuminated, it is only a
question of what fraction of
the illuminated face we can see
from the Earth.

Motions of the Earth

ROTATION-refers to the movement of the Earth around its

axis. It causes day and night. The Earth completes one
rotation for 24 hours.

REVOLUTION- refers to the

movement of the eart around the sun on
its orbit. It results into different seasons. The Earth
completes one revolution for about
365 ¼ days.

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“To do easily what is difficult for others is a mark of TALENT… to do what is impossible is a mark of a GENIUS.”
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Teacher Apple Grace Marie Sebastian

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