P4 Unit 23 Rotation of the Earth and Moon

P4 Unit 23 Rotation of the Earth and Moon

Rotation of earth

• Every day, we see that the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening

• It appears at its highest around noon, but at night we cannot see it

• It Actually not MOVING

• Look at this picture and after let's watch this video about rotation of earth

• Day and Night – The Rotation of the Earth - YouTube

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the spinning action of the earth or the earth rotates on its own we call it

Multiple Choice

the earth takes ..... to make one complete rotation

• 20 hours

• 21 hours

• 23 hours

• 24 hours

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As one side of the Earth faces the sun is..................... and the other side that does not face the sun dark we call it ..............

• daytime, daylight

• daytime, night

• night, daylight

• night, daytime

Duration of one complete rotation

• The spinning rotation of earth is called its rotation

• the earth rotates on its own axis from North to South pole

• As one side of the earth faces the sun, it's daytime, but the other part of earth that does not face the sun dark or night

• The complete rotation of earth is 24 hours

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Revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• A year is amount of the time that the Earth takes orbit or travel around

• An orbit is a circular movement of an object around another object in space

• Earth revolution of the Earth around the Sun takes about 365 days

• Let's watch this video Revolution of earth - YouTube

Multiple Choice

When an object moves in a circular motion , each complete circle is called a ...........

• rotation

• revolution

• evolution

• evaluation

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Each revolution of the Earth around the sun takes about

days

Revolution of the Moon around the Earth

• The Moon takes about 28 days or about a month to orbit the Earth

• Watch this video Phases Of The Moon | Why Does The Moon Change Its Shape? | Space | Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz - YouTube

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Multiple Choice

Like earth moon also do the revolution around earth in .......... days

• 25

• 26

• 27

• 28

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The lunar cycle is made up of

main phases, it is show of the moon that we see depends on how much of the lighted part of the moon we can see

Multiple Choice

We can see the unlit part from the earth, this is dark and difficult to see , we call it ..... phase

• crescent moon

• crescent shape

• new moon

• old moon

Rotation of the Moon on its own axis

• Moon rotates in its own axis

• the speed of its rotation is a r about the same speed as its revolution around the earth

• the moon takes 28 days to rotate once on its own axis