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    Earth and Beyond Intro.

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    The document discusses key facts about the Earth and its relationship to other objects in the solar system. It explains that the Earth spins on its tilted axis as it orbits the Sun, causing day and night and the changing of seasons. It also describes how the moon orbits the Earth over the course of 28 days, appearing as a new moon, half moon, and full moon as the illuminated side faces Earth.

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    Earth and Beyond Intro.

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    The document discusses key facts about the Earth and its relationship to other objects in the solar system. It explains that the Earth spins on its tilted axis as it orbits the Sun, causing day and night and the changing of seasons. It also describes how the moon orbits the Earth over the course of 28 days, appearing as a new moon, half moon, and full moon as the illuminated side faces Earth.

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    The document discusses key facts about the Earth and its relationship to other objects in the solar system. It explains that the Earth spins on its tilted axis as it orbits the Sun, causing day and night and the changing of seasons. It also describes how the moon orbits the Earth over the course of 28 days, appearing as a new moon, half moon, and full moon as the illuminated side faces Earth.

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    164 views13 pages

    Earth and Beyond Intro.

    Uploaded by

    Candice Harding
    The document discusses key facts about the Earth and its relationship to other objects in the solar system. It explains that the Earth spins on its tilted axis as it orbits the Sun, causing day and night and the changing of seasons. It also describes how the moon orbits the Earth over the course of 28 days, appearing as a new moon, half moon, and full moon as the illuminated side faces Earth.

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    Some key takeaways are that the Earth orbits the sun while spinning on its own axis, which causes day and night. The moon orbits the Earth and its shape changes depending on how much of its surface is illuminated by the sun. The tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun is what causes the seasons.

    As the Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours, different parts of the planet face towards and away from the sun, causing day and night. The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west due to our perspective from the rotating Earth.

    It takes the moon 28 days to orbit the Earth. During this cycle, the amount of the moon's surface illuminated by the sun changes, making it appear to change shapes from new moon to half moon to full moon. On a full moon, the entire side facing Earth is illuminated, while a new moon has no illuminated side facing us.

    The Earth and Beyond

    The Sun is the star at the centre of our solar system.

    Here is a useful mnemonic to help remember their order: My Very The Method Just Shows Us the Names sun. Easy nine planets orbit the of Planets.

    But what do we know about the Sun?


    The
    Sun is 150 million kilometres away from us.

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    has a massive diameter of 1,393,000 km.


    Sun was probably formed from a large cloud of gas about 5,000 million years ago.

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    The moon orbits the Earth...

    Sun

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    ...as the Earth orbits the Sun.

    As the Earth orbits around the Sun, it also spins on its own axis; which is tipped, like a globes.

    At any time, half of the Earth faces the sun and therefore receives light.
    This part is in day.

    This part is in night.

    The other half faces away from the Sun, and so receives very little light.

    What causes the Earths seasons?

    As the Earth orbits the Sun, when its axis tips towards the Sun, the weather gets warmer. When it tips away, the weather gets colder, causing the Earths seasons.

    In the northern hemisphere:


    autumn here summer here

    spring here

    winter here

    summer here
    autumn here winter here

    spring here

    In the southern hemisphere:

    So, when the Sun rises in Great Britain, on the other side of the world, its about to set in New Zealand. Great Britain

    New Zealand

    Why does the moon appear to change shape?


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    Earth

    new moon

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    full moon

    It takes the moon 28 days to orbit the Earth. For 27 days out of this cycle, the Sun cannot shine on the

    whole of the surface, facing the Earth. The light from the Sun can only shine on the whole surface for one night in each cycle: a full moon. On one night, no light from the Sun can reach the moon at all: a new moon.

    Do you know...
    how long it takes the Earth to which direction the Earth
    turns? spin round once? takes 24 hours. It
    It turns anti-clockwise. days.

    how long it takes the takes 365 It Earth to


    orbit the Sun once?
    It turns anti-clockwise. which direction the Earth

    orbits the sun?

    Did you know?


    One day on Venus lasts 117 Earth days.

    Jupiter whips around in just 9 hours and 57 minutes.

    One day on Mars is about the same as one day on Earth.

    Now, explain to your partner:


    How long does it take for the Earth to turn once? Why, if is it day in New Zealand, is it night in England?

    Why does the Sun appear to rise and set? In which direction does the Earth spin on its axis?

    Why does the moon appear to change shape?


    In which direction does the Earth orbit the Sun?

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