SE M2 Quiz

If one morning the Earth suddenly stopped spinning, would a shadow clock still work?

• yes
• No

Would a shadow clock still work on a super cloudy day?

• yes
• No

A sundial uses patterns of what to tell time?

• sunny days
• clouds
• shadows
• stars

The planet Mercury takes 176 days to do one spin around its pole. Compared to the Earth, would the Sun appear to move more quickly across Mercury's sky or more slowly?

• more quickly
• more slowly

The sun rises in the ___and sets in the ____

• east west
• west east

What motion causes shadows to change direction and length during the day?

• revolution of Earth
• rotation of Earth
• revolution of the sun
• rotation of the sun

When the light is directly overhead, the shadow length is

• the shortest
• the longest
• in the middle

When would a shadow be the longest?

• when the sun first comes up
• when the sun is high in the sky
• when the sun is between the horizon and directly overhead

Look at the image below. If the Sun is in this position in the sky, what time is it most likely?

• 9:00 am
• 11:00 am
• 3:00 pm
• 9:00 pm

When the sunlight is coming from the west, which way will the shadow go?

• North
• South
• East
• West