Download Sun, Moon, and Earth Review Sheet

Sun, Moon and Earth Review Sheet
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Rotation/rotates- the spinning of an object, as it stays in one place
Revolution/revolves- the movement of an object around another object.
The sun, Earth, and other planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system is
part of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Earth
 Earth is a planet.
 Earth receives light from the sun.
 The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours, which causes us to have day and night.
 The Earth revolves around the sun every 365 ¼ days, causing us to have four seasons.
 Earth is tilted and spins on its axis, which is an invisible line that runs through Earth’s
North and South poles.
Moon
 The moon does not produce any light of its own.
 The sunlit part of the moon is a reflection of light from the sun.
 The moon appears to change its shape because our view of the moon from Earth
changes along with the part of the moon that gets lit from the sun. This happens
because of the revolution of both
the moon and Earth.
 There are 8 different
appearances of the moon, called
phases.
 The gravitational pull between
the moon and the Earth causes
the ocean water to rise and fall
in daily tides.
 A full lunar cycle is about 29
days.
 Waxing means that the sunlit
part is getting bigger.
 Waning means that the sunlit part is getting smaller.
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New Moon
Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous
(The light part of the moon is getting bigger)
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous Third Quarter Waning Crescent
(The light part of the moon is getting smaller)
Sun
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The sun is a star.
The sun is approximately 93 million miles away from earth.
The sun has sunspots and prominences.
o Sunspot- Storms on the suns surface
o Prominence- Flaming streams of gas that arch up through the sun’s atmosphere
This test will have multiple choice questions and short response
questions.
Be able to identify the phases of the moon.
Earth’s Rotation
Earth’s Revolution