PERFORMANCE 4.

4 ( COPY AND ANSWER IN 1 WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER)

I. EARTH’S MAJOR MOTION

Directions: Fill in the blanks to complete the idea about the Earth’s movement by
choosing your answer from the word box.

Space axis
Day and night 4 years
Revolution 24 hours
Rotation sun
Intersects leap year (Feb 29th)
Orbit North and South Poles
365 ¼ days

A. ROTATIONA
The Earth’s movement through (1.) ___________ affects life on Earth. The Earth moves on its
axis and this movement is known as (2.)________________. It takes the Earth
(3.)_________________ to rotate one time in which we experience (4.)____________________.
The Earth’s axis is an invisible line that (5.)_______________________ the Earth through both the
(6.)_________________________.

B. REVOLUTION
The Earth moves along a path around the (7.)_____. This path is known as an
(8.)___________. One complete trip on this path around the sun is known as a
(9.)_______________. It takes the Earth (10.)___________ to complete its journey around the
Sun. Every (11.) _______________, we take the extra ¼ days from the previous years, combine
them and add an extra day to the calendar called (12.)_________________.

II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write TUMPAK if the statement is correct. If the statement is
wrong, change the word inside the parenthesis with the correct answer/s.

1. The highest temperature in the Philippines occur from (January to March).

2. There are (265 ¼) days in a calendar year.
3. The spinning motion of Earth on its own axis is called (Revolution).
4. North Pole is tilted towards the sun in the month of (June).
5. The seasons in the Philippines are (wet and dry) seasons.
6. The reason for the seasons on earth is the (rotation) of earth.
7. There are (four) seasons in the Philippines.
8. Amihan is also known as (Southwest) monsoon.
9. (Habagat) is also known as Northeast monsoon.
10. (PAGASA) monitors the weather in the Philippines.