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Science 7 - Quarter 4 _ Week 5-7

Name: ____________________________________________ Grade/Section: ___________________

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Activity Sheet No. 5 – MELC 26: Relation of Seasons to the

Position of the Sun in the Sky

START UP
At the end of this worksheet, the learners will be able to:
1. describe the relationship of season to the position of the sun
2. compare the length of daytime from nighttime to the amount of energy received
3. relate the position of the earth in its orbit to the height of the sun in the sky

Like the other planets, the Earth moves mainly in two ways; it spins on its axis
and it goes around the Sun. And as the earth revolves around the Sun, the Moon is also
revolving around the Earth. Can you imagine all these “motions” happening at the same
time? The amazing thing is we do not feel that the Earth is moving.

CAPTURE

Day and Night

● We have day and night on Earth because of
the Earth’s rotation – the earth spinning
around and around (approximately 1670
km/hr.).
● The Earth takes 24 hours to complete a full
circle. Every location on Earth experiences an
average of 12 hours of light per day but the
actual number of hours of daylight on any
particular day of the year varies from place to
place.
● One way to remember which way the Earth
turns is to remember “w.e. spin”, which
Source:
means the Earth spins from west to east. http://earthsky.org/upl/2017/03/day-
● As the Earth rotates on its axis, half of the Earth equinox e1519813167459
faces the sun and half of the Earth faces away
from the sun. The half of the Earth that faces the sun will experience day while
the half of the Earth that faces away from the sun will experience night.
● The seasons on Earth change because the planet is slightly tilted on its axis as it
travels around the Sun.
The length of daytime to the amount of energy received:
● The shorter the length of daytime, the lesser the amount of energy received.
The longer the length of daytime, the higher the amount of energy received. The
shorter the length of daytime, the shorter will be the exposure of the sun causing
lesser amount of solar energy.
● The two solstices happen in June (20 or 21) and December (21 or 22). These are
the days when the Sun’s path in the sky is the farthest north or south from the
Equator.
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● A hemisphere’s winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and its summer
solstice the year’s longest.
● The equinoxes happen in March (about March 21) and September (about
September 23). These are the days when the Sun is exactly above the Equator,
which makes day and night of equal length.
● Vernal equinox(about March 21): day and night of equal length, marking the start
of spring
● Summer solstice (June 20 or 21): longest day of the year, marking the start of
summer
● Autumnal equinox(about September 23): day and night of equal length, marking
the start of autumn
● Winter solstice (December 21 or 22): shortest day of the year, marking the start of
winter.

The position of Earth in its orbit to the height of the sun:

● As Earth orbits our Sun, the position of its axis relative to the Sun changes. This
results in a change in the observed height of the Sun above the horizon. For any
given location on Earth, our Sun is observed to trace a higher path above the
horizon in the summer, and lower path in the winter.

The height of the Sun in the sky to the amount of energy received:
● As the Sun is higher in the sky during summer, the sunlight reaching the
surface is more concentrated. In winter, the Sun is lower in the sky,
and sunlight is spread out over a larger area. During spring and autumn, both
hemispheres receive about the same amount of sunlight.

The latitude of an area to the total amount of energy the area received:
● The more focused the rays are, the more energy an area receives and the warmer
it is; the less focused the rays are, the less energy an area receives and the cooler
it is. The lowest latitudes get the most energy from the sun. The
highest latitudes get the least.

WEEK 5

INTEGRATE

Learning Task 1: Why do the seasons change?

Study Figure 1 carefully. It shows the Earth different locations along its orbit
around the Sun. Note that the axis of Earth is not perpendicular to its plane of orbit; it
is tilted. The letter “N” refers to the North Pole.

Figure1: The drawing

shows the location of the
Earth at different
Time of the year. Note that
the axis is not vertical; it is
tilted.

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Q1: In which month is the North Pole tilted toward the Sun? In June or December?

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Q2. What season is observed in June?

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Q3: In which month is the North Pole tilted away from the Sun? In June or December?

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Study Figure 2 carefully. The drawing shows how the Earth is oriented with
respect to the Sun during the month of June.

Figure 2: Where do direct

rays from the Sun fall in
June.

Q3: In June, which hemisphere receives direct rays from the Sun – the Northern
Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere?
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Study Figure 3 carefully. The drawing shows how the Earth is oriented with
respect to the Sun during the month of December.

Figure 3: Where do direct

rays from the Sun fall in
December.

Q4: In December, which hemisphere receives direct rays from the Sun – the Northern
Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere?
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ENRICH
Written assessment:
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the blank
provided.

____ 1. What term describes the spinning of an object on its axis?

A. orbit C. rotation
B. revolution D. tide

____ 2. What causes day and night?

A. revolution of the earth around the sun
B. rotation of earth on its axis
C. orbit of the earth
D. tide along the sea

____ 3. How long does it take the Earth to make one full cycle?
A. 12 hours C. 24 hours
B. 365 ¼ days D. 29.5 days

____ 4. As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of
the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times
of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to
have more or less of the Sun’s energy. Which one causes this phenomenon?
A. months C. seasons
B. day and night D. years

____ 5. A cycle is something that happens over and over again, like the seasons
and day and night. Do you agree?
A. Yes C. No
B. Maybe D. Not sure

____ 6. March to June is the month of what season in the Philippines?

A. Spring C. Fall
B. Winter D. Summer

____ 7. Why do we experience Earth’s season? We experience Earth’s seasons;

A. because the earth is round
B. because the earth’s polar caps are melting
C. because the earth is tilted
D. because the earth is flat

____ 8. Which of the following statements below is correct?

I. The lowest latitudes get the most energy from the sun.
II. The highest latitudes get the least.
III. The highest latitude gets the most energy from the sun.
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II

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____ 9. Which of the following statements best explains about the relationship of
the height of the Sun in the sky to the amount of energy received?
A. In winter, the Sun is higher in the sky, and sunlight is spread out over
a larger area.
B. As the Sun is higher in the sky during summer, the sunlight reaching
the surface is more concentrated.
C. During spring and autumn, both hemispheres receive less amount
of sunlight.
D. All of the above

____ 10. In which way does the earth turn or spin?

A. The Earth spins from west to east.
B. The Earth spins from north to south.
C. The Earth spins from south to north.
D. The earth spins from east to west.

____ 11. Earth’s seasons are caused by which of the following?

A. the varying amount of sunspot activity.
B. the rotation of the Earth during a 24-hour day.
C. the Earth’s orbit around the sun as an ellipse rather than a circle.
D. the tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation relative to the ecliptic as Earth
revolves around the Sun.

____ 12. What effect does the tilting of the earth have?
A. When the Earth is tilted away from the sun, we have day.
B. When the Earth is tilted from the sun, we have night.
C. It changes the angle that the Sun strikes the Earth in different land
areas.
D. It causes the Earth to be farther away from the Sun at different times
of the year.

____ 13. When it is summer in the southern hemisphere, which of the following
best describes the tilting of the Earth in the northern hemisphere?
A. towards the Sun
B. away from the Sun
C. towards or away from the Sun
D. neither toward or away from the Moon

____ 14. What is revolution?

A. Movement of the Earth along its axis.
B. Movement of the Earth around the Sun.
C. Tilt of the Earth away from the Sun.
D. Tilt of the Earth towards the Sun.

____ 15. Why do seasons change in the Philippines?

A. The Sun is directed to the southern hemisphere only.
B. The sun is somehow titled to both Northern and Southern hemisphere.
C. Seasons change because the Earth is stationary directing its rays to
the Northern hemisphere always.
D. Seasons change because direct rays of the sun shift from one
hemisphere to the other as the Earth goes around the sun.

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WEEK 6

Performance Task No.1:

Refer to the diagram below. Make three illustrative model of Earth’s season that
shows the following:
Illustrative Model No.1 :Equal day and night
Illustrative Model No.2: Longer day ; shorter night
Illustrative Model No.3: Longer night; shorter day

Rubrics for Evaluation

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Shows
better Shows good Shows fair Shows poor
1. Content understandi understanding understanding understanding
ng of the of the concept of the concept of the concept
concept
All the
All the visuals All the visuals
visuals are All the visuals
2. Visual Clarity somehow hardly make
easy to make sense
make sense sense
understand
All the
Most of the Some of the Student did
assigned
3. Completion assigned work assigned work not answer the
work is
is complete is complete task
complete
The
illustration The
The The
is illustration is
illustration is illustration is
exceptionall distractingly
attractive in acceptably
4. Attractiveness y attractive messy or very
terms of attractive
in terms of poorly
design, layout though it may
design, designed. It is
and neatness be a bit messy
layout and not attractive
neatness

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WEEK 7

Performance Task No.2: How Does the length of daytime and nighttime affect the
season?

Study the table below. It shows the times of sunrise and sunset on one day of
each month.

Table 1: Sunrise and sunset in Manila on selected days of 2011

Day Sunrise Sunset Length of daytime
Jan 22, 2011 6:25 AM 5:50 PM 11h 25m
Feb 22, 2011 6:17 AM 6:02 PM 11h 45m
Mar 22, 2011 5:59 AM 6:07 PM 12h 08m
Apr 22, 2011 5:38 AM 6:11 PM 12h 33m
May 22, 2011 5:27 AM 6:19 PM 12h 52m
Jun 22, 2011 5:28 AM 6:28 PM 13h 00m
Jul 22, 2011 5:36 AM 6:28 PM 12h 52m
Aug 22, 2011 5:43 AM 6:15 PM 12h 32m
Sep 22, 2011 5:45 AM 5:53 PM 12h 08m
Oct 22, 2011 5:49 AM 5:33 PM 11h 44m
Nov 22, 2011 6:00 AM 5:24 PM 11h 24m
Dec 22, 2011 6:16 AM 5:32 PM 11h 16m

Q1: Compare the time of sunrise from January 2011 to December 2011. What do you
notice?
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Q2: Compare the time of sunset from January 2011 to December 2011. What do you
notice?

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Q3: Compare the time of sunrise on June 22, 2011 with that on December 22, 2011.
On which day did the Sun rise earlier?

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Rubrics for Evaluation

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Shows better Shows good Shows fair Shows poor
Content understanding understanding understanding understanding
of the concept of the concept of the concept of the concept
All the All the All the
All the
Clarity answers are answers are answers are
answers make
easy to somehow hardly make
sense
understand make sense sense
All the Most of the Some of the
Student did
Completion assigned assigned assigned
not answer the
works are works are works are
task
complete complete complete
Moderately
Very well- Not organized
Well-organized organized and
Organization organized and and
and with good with some
with good grammatically
grammar. errors in
grammar. poor.
grammar.

References:

https://siliconvalleyseedsorg/svs/wpcontent/uploads/seasons.png
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5718cdebf7af5cfe33e4d070/seasons
https://image.slidesharecdn.com/scienceq3-q4-140313103346-
phpapp01/95/k-to-12-grade-7-learning-module-in-science-q3q4-135-
638.jpg?cb=1394707123
https://www.slideshare.net/lhoralight/science-q3-q4
https://www.slideshare.net/0709198907231987/q3-q4-teachers-guide-v10

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