Where a Day Is Not Twenty-Four Hours
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Do you know?
- The sun is the star at the center of Solar System.
- Over one million Earth’s could fit inside the Sun.
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Listen and then choose the correct answers.
- Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the audio?
- How long is a day at the sun's poles?
- It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate around on its axis.
- The length of a day on the sun is not the same.
- It takes eight minutes for light to reach Earth from the Sun.
- 13 Earths day long
- 31 Earths day long
- 27 Earths day long
Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.
Where a Day Is Not Twenty-Four Hours
Go to the North Pole. A day is twenty-four hours long. Go to the South Pole. A day is twenty-four hours long. Go to the . A day is twenty-four hours long. Go anywhere on Earth, and the length of a day is exactly the same. It always takes twenty-four hours for Earth to or spin completely around on its .
Go to the sun. Go to its poles and its equator. The day length is not the same! The sun is not like Earth. The sun is made up of gases. The length of a day on the sun depends on where you are. Different parts rotate at different speeds.
The sun faster at the equator than at its poles. A day is about thirty-one Earth days long at its poles. A day is about twenty-seven Earth days long at its equator.
Read and answer the following questions.
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Where a Day Is Not Twenty-Four Hours
Go to the North Pole. A day is twenty-four hours long. Go to the South Pole. A day is twenty-four hours long. Go to the equator. A day is twenty-four hours long. Go anywhere on Earth, and the length of a day is exactly the same. It always takes twenty-four hours for Earth to rotate or spin completely around on its axis.
Go to the sun. Go to its poles and its equator. The day length is not the same! The sun is not solid like Earth. The sun is made up of gases. The length of a day on the sun depends on where you are. Different parts rotate at different speeds.
The sun spins faster at the equator than at its poles. A day is about thirty-one Earth days long at its poles. A day is about twenty-seven Earth days long at its equator.
Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2
A day at the sun's poles is _____ Earth days longer than that at its equator.
- twenty-seven
- fifty-eight
- thirty-one
- four
- is solid.
- is made up of gases.
- does not have poles.
- does not spin completely around.
If you are in South America, a day is
- the same as a day in Asia.
- longer than a day in Africa.
- longer than a day in Europe.
- shorter than a day in North America.
Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.
- It always takes twenty-four hours for Earth to or spin completely around on its .
- The sun is not like Earth.
- The sun faster at the equator than at its poles.
- A day is about twenty-seven Earth days long at its .
Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.
- When you turn the fan on, the blades start to .
- Temperatures around the tend to remain the same all year.
- Earth makes a complete turn on its every twenty-four hours.
- A wheel on an axle.
- Cement becomes when it dries.