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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn ancient times, why would a cloudy day make it hard to know what time it was?Without the sun, you can't use a shadow clockShadow clocks DO NOT need sunlightShadow clocks work no matter the weather
- 2. Multiple Choice
How many segments are on each finger?
2
3
4
1
- 3. Multiple Choice
What causes a shadow to change during the day?
The sun's position in the sky
Where the moon is located during the day
When the sun sets
- 4. Multiple ChoiceSay one morning the Earth suddenly stopped spinning. Would a shadow clock still work?Yes, because the sun still moves.No, a shadow clock only works because the shadow moves across the dial. No shadow means no time.
- 5. Multiple Choice
BONUS:
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? (Earth = 24 hours)
The sun would move faster across Murcury's sky, because Murcury spins faster than the Earth.
The Sun would appear to move much more slowly across Mercury's sky than Earth's sky, because Mercury spins much more slowly than the Earth.
It would move at the same rate.
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does the sun's position in the sky change in 1 day?
The sun rises in the north and sets in the south
The sun comes up in the east, overhead at noon, and sets in the west
The sun rises in the east, is in the west at noon, and sets in the north
- 7. Multiple Choice
In what direction does the sun appear to travel?
from west to east
from north to south
from east to west
from south to north
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the first to invent the clock method?
Egyptians
Sumerians
Greeks
Babylonians
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the sun rise?NorthSouthEastWest
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the sun set?NorthSouthEastWest
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