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What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
How many planets are in our Solar System?
8
What is the main cause of day and night on Earth?
Earth’s rotation
What force keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?
Gravity
How long does one rotation around the sun take Earth?
365 Days
In which moon phase is the moon completely dark from Earth?
New moon
What causes ocean tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon and Sun on Earth’s oceans
What is an orbit?
The path one object takes as it moves around another object in space
Why is the moon visible ?
Hint: where does the light come from
The sun light reflects off the moon into our eye
Name the moon phase where only a small part of the moon is visible
Cresent moon
How many days does it take the moon to travel around the earth? (Approximately)
29
True or false:
After the moon is a full moon, it will lose light from the left side across.
True
Why do we always see the same side of the moon?
The moon’s rotation and revolution take the same amount of time, so the same side always faces Earth!