The Sun, Earth, and Moon

The Sun, Earth, and Moon

The Sun, Earth, and Moon are all in sync with each other.

Learning Intention

I am learning to demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions.

Vocabulary

• Sun- center of the solar system.

• Earth- 3rd planet from the sun. Only planet with life.

• Moon- orbits the Earth, is bigger than any dwarf planet.

• Orbit- is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

Size of the Sun

The sun lies at the heart of the solar system, where it is by far the largest object. It holds 99.8 percent of the solar system's mass and is roughly 109 times the diameter of the Earth — about one million Earths could fit inside the sun.

The Earth

Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun.

Water covers roughly 71 percent of Earth's surface, and most of that is in the oceans.

Earth orbits the Sun, at the same time rotates.

It takes the Earth 365 days to orbit the sun and 24 hours to complete one rotation.

 92,956,050 miles from the sun

The Moon

The Moon orbits the Earth like the Earth orbits the sun.
It is smaller than the Earth

It is a quarter the size of the Earth, so 4 of the moon would fit on top of Earth.

Multiple Choice

I do not have an atmosphere like the planet Earth, but I do orbit the planet Earth. Who am I?

• Sun

• Moon

Multiple Choice

True or false. The moon goes around the sun.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How many moons can you fit on planet Earth?

• 2

• 4

Multiple Choice

I am a star. However, I am a dwarf star.

Who am I?

• Sun

• Earth

Multiple Choice

My gravity holds all the planets in orbit. Who am I?

• Sun

• Earth

Multiple Choice

The spinning of the Earth's axis is called what?

• a year

• rotation

Multiple Choice

What is the pathway the Earth takes around the sun, and the pathway the moon takes around the Earth?

• Orbit

• rotation

Multiple Select

Check ALL the correct answers. What are the characteristics of the sun?

• made of gases

• A star

• provides thermal and light energy

Multiple Choice

How long does it take the Earth to perform one rotation?

• 24 hours

• 365 days

Multiple Choice

True or false. The moon provides light to the Earth in the day time.

• True

• false

Multiple Choice

True or false. You can fit over One million Earths in the sun.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

HoW long does it take the Earth to complete one orbit around the sun?

• 24 hours

• 365 days