Sun, Moon and Earth: How do they interact?

An imaginary line that runs

through Earth’s center from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• Axes

• Exis

• Acsis

• Axis

The path that an object takes around another object in space.

• Obrit

• Orbet

• Orbit

• Orebit

A group of stars that seem to form a picture in the night sky.

• Cunstellation

• Constellacion

• Contellation

• Constellation

•As Earth rotates, one side of Earth faces the sun. This side of Earth has ___________.

• sunny day

• daytime

• noontime

• wonderful day

The other side of Earth faces the sun. This side of Earth has night time.

• True

• False

•Earth ___________, or turns like a top. Earth’s rotation causes day and night.

• hemisphere

• circle

• rotates

• atmosphere

•Earth rotates around an imaginary line called an axis, which runs through its center from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• True

• False

Earth completes two rotations every 24 hours.

• True

• False

•The sun, Earth, and the moon form a system in space. This system is held together by _______.

• weather

• force

• gravity

• nature

Earth revolves, or travels, around the sun. It takes Earth about 1 year and 365 days to complete one revolution.

• True

• False