Starter quiz
- Where does the Earth get heat from?
- people
- inside the earth
- the sun ✓
- fires
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- What is a continent?
- a large area of land ✓
- a large area of ocean
- another name for a country
- an island
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- What is an ocean?
- a lake
- another name for a sea
- a large area of salt water ✓
- a large area of land
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- What does a thermometer measure?
- temperature ✓
- rainfall
- wind speed
- wind direction
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- Which area is bigger: local or global?
- local
- global ✓
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- Which of these is not a season?
- summer
- winter
- spring
- polar ✓
- autumn
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Exit quiz
- What is the Earth tilted on?
- a pole
- an axis ✓
- the equator
- the hemisphere
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- Which of these does not affect temperatures locally?
- shade
- shelter
- wind speed
- seasons ✓
- wind direction
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- True or false: The Earth is tilted on an axis and this creates the seasons.
- True ✓
- False
- When is the North Pole tilted towards the sun?
- November - March (UK winter)
- All year round
- May - September (UK summer) ✓
- Never
- April
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- When is it winter in Antarctica?
- May - September (UK summer) ✓
- November - March (UK winter)
- all year round
- never
- November
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- What imaginary line runs around the middle of Earth?
- axis
- poles
- equator ✓
- prime meridian
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Key learning points
- Locally, air temperatures are affected by factors such wind direction and speed, shelter and shade.
- Globally, as Earth orbits the sun, temperatures are affected by where a place is and time of year.
- In the Northern Hemisphere winter, the North Pole is tilted away from the sun and is darker and colder as a result.
- While places in the Northern Hemisphere experience winter, the opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere.
Common misconception
It is winter at the same time of year all around the world.
It is winter at the North Pole when it is summer at the South Pole.
Keywords
Temperature - Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a place.
Axis - An axis is an imaginary straight line through Earth which rotates around it.
Thermometer - A thermometer is an instrument which is used to measure temperature.
Hemisphere - A hemisphere is half of Earth, usually divided into the Northern or Southern Hemispheres by the Equator.
Solar energy - Solar energy is the light and heat that come from the sun's rays.
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