Starter quiz
- From January to December, put the seasons of the year in order.
- 1⇔winter
- 2⇔spring
- 3⇔summer
- 4⇔autumn
- Which of these types of weather is not wet?
- snow
- drizzle
- hail
- breeze ✓
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- Match the weather conditions to the descriptions.
- high temperatures⇔warm weather ✓
- rain⇔wet weather ✓
- sunshine⇔bright weather ✓
- low temperatures⇔cool weather ✓
- cloudy⇔dull weather ✓
- Where is most of the water on Earth?
- in oceans, seas and rivers ✓
- in swimming pools
- in people's homes
- in water bottles
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- Complete the sentence. The ______ places on Earth are at the equator.
- 'hottest' ✓
- Complete the sentence. The coldest places on earth are the ______ Pole and the South Pole.
- 'North' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word can we use to describe the axis around which Earth rotates?
- curved
- tilted ✓
- round
- broken
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- In space, Earth moves around the sun in a fixed path. What is this movement called?
- orbiting ✓
- following
- chasing
- circling
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- Where do the sun's rays have most energy?
- near the equator ✓
- at the Poles
- between the equator and the Poles
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- What do we call the average weather over a long period of time?
- 'climate' ✓
- Match the words to the definitions.
- Poles⇔the coldest places on Earth ✓
- equator⇔a horizontal line around the exact centre of Earth ✓
- weather⇔day to day conditions in a place, e.g. raining, sunshine, snow ✓
- climate zones⇔places with similar average weather conditions ✓
- Complete the sentence. Temperatures across Earth are directly related to how far places are from the ...
- 'equator' ✓
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Key learning points
- The Earth rotates on a tilted axis as it orbits the sun.
- The sun’s energy is more concentrated near the Equator and spread out over a larger area near the poles.
- Average temperature across the Earth is related to how far from the Equator a place is located.
- Climate is the average pattern of weather taken over a period of time, usually 30 years.
- Some areas of the world share a similar climate; we call these climate zones.
Common misconception
That weather and climate are the same thing.
Weather changes from day to day, from place to place and from one season to another. Weather refers to the conditions at any particular place or time. Climate describes the average pattern of those weather conditions over a much longer period of time
Keywords
Solar energy - The light and heat that come from the sun's rays are solar energy.
Equator - The Equator is an imaginary line of latitude going around the centre of Earth.
Poles - The North Pole is at the northern end of Earth’s axis and the South Pole is at the southern end of Earth’s axis.
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