Sun, Earth, Moon 1
The Earth takes about this amount of time to revolve around the sun?
365 days
True/False The Moon is a planet.
False
The Moon's position compared to Earth and the Sun.
What causes the different phases of the Moon?
The shape of the moon seems to change because...?
The moon revolves around Earth
Earth's rotation.
What is the main reason the sky changes from day to night?
Earth rotates on its axis once every ...
24 hours
A Rocky sphere that travels around a planet
About 28 days.
How many days does it take the Moon to rotate around Earth?
Why does the moon appear at night?
It reflects light from the sun
Counterclockwise.
What direction does the Earth rotate around the Sun and the Moon rotate around the Earth?
The Earth's rotation causes .........
day and night
The Moon rotates at the same rate it revolves.
Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth?
This term is Orbit.
What is the term for Earth's path around the Sun?
How many days does it take to see all of the phases of the moon?
28 days
Earth's tilt and its revolution around the Sun.
What is responsible for the seasons on Earth?
The Sun is much larger but much farther away.
Why does the Sun appear to be the same size as the Moon?
The relative size of things
This term is Rotation.
Which term describes the spinning of Earth on its axis?
An ellipse or oval.
What shape is Earth's orbit around the Sun?
Distance and sizes are too large to show accurately.
Why are models often not created to scale in space systems?
Another name for rotation is .........
spinning or turning
The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
The pattern is Day and night.
What pattern occurs due to Earth's rotation on its axis?
Galileo and Copernicus.
Who believed in the Heliocentric Theory?
That the Sun is the center of the solar system.
What is the Heliocentric theory?