Earth's Orbit and Rotation
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All slowly turn on their axes the same way.few of the dots in the night sky do appear to change position.These are other planets in orbit around the ______.

Sun

The nebula is so far away that its light takes 7000 years to reach the Earth.The Moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the ______.

Sun

The Earth takes just over 365 days to complete one ______.

orbit

The Moon is smaller than the Earth (about a quarter of the diameter) and 380000 km away.It has a rocky surface with lots of ______.

<p>craters</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Earth moves round the ______ in a path called an orbit.

<p>Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Sun is a huge, hot, glowing ball of gas known as a ______.

<p>star</p> Signup and view all the answers

Most of the points of light in the sky are ______.

<p>stars</p> Signup and view all the answers

It takes about 28 days for each orbit.It also takes the same time to turn once on its axis, so the Moon always keeps the same face toward ______.

<p>us</p> Signup and view all the answers

As the Earth slowly turns on its axis, one half is in sunlight while the other half is in ______.

<p>shadow</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Earth rotates about a line called its ______.

<p>axis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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