Grade 2 · Science · Unit 6 of 9
Earth and the Sun
Day, night and the year
What your child practises
A day is one spin of Earth. A year is one trip of Earth around the Sun. When our side of Earth faces the Sun it is day, and when it faces away it is night.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 2ES 1.4 · Earth spins to make day and night and goes around the Sun in a year
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
How many hours are in one day?
- 12
- 60
- 24
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24
Hint: One day is 24 hours.
Question 2
One trip of Earth around the Sun makes one…
- week
- year
- day
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year
Hint: One year is one trip around the Sun.
Question 3
Earth's trip around the Sun takes…
- one day
- one year
- one week
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one year
Hint: One year equals one trip around the Sun.
Question 4
One spin of Earth makes one…
- month
- day
- year
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day
Hint: One spin takes about 24 hours.
Question 5
A day has a time of light and a time of…
- rain
- snow
- dark
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dark
Hint: Day is light and night is dark.
Question 6
After the Sun sets, the sky becomes…
🌆- dark
- green
- bright
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dark
Hint: Night is dark because our side of Earth faces away from the Sun.