The shape of Earth | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What is the name of this object in space?
- The Moon
- Earth ✓
- The Sun
- Mars
What is the name of this object in space?
- The Moon
- Earth
- The Sun ✓
- Saturn
What is the name of this object in space?
- The Moon ✓
- Earth
- The Sun
- Jupiter
Light from the Sun can be dangerous. Which item is *not* something that can help protect us from the Sun?
- sun glasses
- sun flower ✓
- sun hat
- sun cream
What is the name of this shape?
- circle
- disc
- sphere ✓
- cylinder
Match the 3D shapes with their 2D representations.
- square
  
  ⇔
  
  cube ✓
- rectangle
  
  ⇔
  
  cuboid ✓
- circle
  
  ⇔
  
  sphere ✓

Which statement about the shape of Earth is true?
- People have disagreed about the shape of Earth. ✓
- People have always agreed about the shape of Earth.
- No one has ever thought about the shape of Earth.
Which statement is *not* a reason why scientists gather information called evidence?
- To help us to understand and explain the world better.
- To help us to understand if something is true or not true.
- To help us to know which scientists are the best. ✓
Which of these could people in ancient history do to collect evidence about Earth?
- Take a photograph
- Make observations ✓
- Study video recordings from space
Which evidence helps us to understand that Earth is round?
- You can see the top of a ship first as it moves towards you from the horizon. ✓
- You can see the bottom of a ship first as it moves towards you from the horizon.
- You can see all of a ship as it moves towards you from the horizon.
What is the name of the shape of Earth?
- cylinder
- disc
- sphere ✓
- circle
The shape of Earth, along with all the countries of the world, can be represented using a ______.
- 'globe' ✓

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Throughout history, people have disagreed about the shape of the Earth.
Evidence from the past has helped us to understand the shape of the Earth.
The Earth is approximately spherical in shape, and can be represented with a globe.

Pupils may think that objects in space are flat, circular shapes rather than spherical

Provide plenty of opportunities for children to use 3D models to represent the Earth, Sun and Moon, and look at images and simulations

Earth - Earth is the planet on which we live
Evidence - Evidence is information which helps us to prove that something is true or not true
Spherical - A shape that is spherical is round like a ball
Globe - A globe is a spherical model of the Earth
Horizon - The horizon is the line in the far distance where the sky appears to meet the land or the sea.