P Science 6 Diagnostic Earth and Space
P Science 6 Diagnostic Earth and Space
P Science 6 Diagnostic Earth and Space
Learner’s sheet
1 a Name the layers of the Earth labelled 1 and 2.
1: _______________
2: _______________
b What material is layer 2 made from?
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c What can happen to this material when there is a crack in layer 1?
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b Was this animal ever alive?
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1: _______________
2: _______________
3: _______________
4: _______________
5: _______________
6: _______________
7: _______________
8: _______________
9: _______________
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A: _______________
B: _______________
C: _______________
b What do Lines D and E represent?
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c What shape do these lines make?
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d How long does B take to move around A?
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e In which direction does it move?
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f How long does C take to move around B?
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Teacher’s sheet
You will need: A teacher sheet for each learner, group or class; one copy of the learner’s sheet
per learner, group or class.
Earth and
Answer If answer is incorrect . . .
Space
1 a 1: Crust; 2: Mantle
Revise Stage 4, Unit 4.
b Magma
Question 1 This is going to link with the work you do on
c Magma can come up to
igneous rocks in this stage.
the surface as a volcano.
Learners briefly touched on Fossils in Stage 2, so
2 a Fossils you can just remind them of what they are. They
Question 2
b Yes will be learning more about fossils in the section
on sedimentary rocks.
1: Neptune; 2: Saturn; 3: Earth; This diagram will test whether learners recognise
4: Mercury; 5: Sun; 6: Venus; 7: the Sun at the centre of the solar system and the
Question 3
Mars; 8: Jupiter; 9: Uranus order of the planets. You can revisit this in Stage 4,
Unit 5, Topic 5.4.
This diagram will show you whether learners
4 a A: Sun; B: Earth; C: Moon
remember the relationships between the Earth
b Orbits
orbiting the Sun and the Moon orbiting the Earth –
c Slight ellipses
Question 4 revisit this in Stage 5, Unit 6, Topic 6.1.
d A year or 365¼days
Learners first learnt about the Moon and its
e Anticlockwise
movements in Stage 3, so you can refer back if
f One month or 29.5days
you need to.
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