Earth, Moon, Sun Review

A spinning motion on an axis

• rotation
• revolution

This is the reason we experience day and night

• rotation
• revolution

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The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days

• rotation

• revolution

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The gravitational pull of the Sun on the Earth causes this

• rotation
• revolution

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The motion of one object around another object

• rotation
• revolution

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This, along with the tilt of the Earth, is the reason we experience different seasons

• rotation
• revolution

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Takes about 24 hours to complete one

• rotation
• revolution

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The motion is in the counterclockwise direction and west to east on Earth

• rotation
• revolution

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When one side of the Earth is having daytime, the other side is having nighttime

• rotation
• revolution

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The Earth orbits around the sun

• rotation
• revolution

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