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1
Fill in the missing words using words from the box.
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Earth
heat
24
light
orbits
satellite
axis
The planet we live on is called the ____________________. It gets its
____________________ and ____________________ from the Sun. The Moon is
the Earth’s natural ____________________ . It ____________________ the
Earth once every ____________________ days. The Earth takes _________ hours
to spin once on its __________. This allows us to have day and night.
2
Fill in the correct answers. The answers you need are in the box.
365 days
1 year
365.25 days
4 years
a
The Earth year has ____________________ .
b
We have a leap year every ____________________ .
c
The Earth moves around the ____________________ .
d
The calendar year has ____________________ .
Sun
24 hours
3
e
The Earth goes around the Sun in ____________________ .
f
The Earth does one complete spin every ____________________ .
An equinox is when day and night length are equal. How many hours will the day be
during one of the equinoxes?
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