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Earth and Moon in Space
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Important Facts 1. The Earth rotates on its axis. It takes 24 hours to rotate once. (Day/night cycle) or Sun stays in one place.
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2. As the Earth rotates, it also revolves around the sun.
3. It takes days to orbit / revolve around the sun.
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Rotate: Orbit/Revolve:
*Do you know the difference between rotate and revolve? Rotate: Orbit/Revolve:
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Draw this: Revolve / Orbit Rotate
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4. The moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth/moon system orbit the sun.
Draw this and label!
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5. The path the Earth takes as it revolves around the sun is called its orbit.
6. This orbit is an egg-shaped path called an ellipse.
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