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Earth and Moon in Space.

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1 Earth and Moon in Space

2 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.

3 2. As the Earth rotates, it also revolves around the sun.
3. It takes days to orbit / revolve around the sun.

4 Rotate: Orbit/Revolve:
*Do you know the difference between rotate and revolve? Rotate: Orbit/Revolve:

5 Draw this: Revolve / Orbit Rotate

6 4. The moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth/moon system orbit the sun.
Draw this and label!

7 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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