Day and Night

When your part of Earth faces towards the Sun, it is ​ (a)   , but when your part of Earth faces away from the Sun, it is ​ (b)   .

• Daytime
• Nighttime

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It is Daytime when your part of Earth ​ (a)   the Sun, and Nighttime when your part of Earth ​ (b)   from the Sun.

• Faces Towards
• Faces Away

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Daytime begins at ​ (a)   and ends at ​ (b)   .

• Sunrise
• Sunset

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The Sun appears to rise in the ​ (a)   and set in the ​ (b)   .

• East
• West
• North
• South

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Although it looks like the Sun is rising and setting, in real life, the ____ is moving.

• Sun

• Earth

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We see Sunrise and Sunset because the Earth is ___.

• Rotating

• Revolving

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To revolve means to ​ (a)   , but to rotate means to ​ (b)   .

• travel around
• spin

A revolution takes one​ (a)   , but a rotation takes one ​​ (b)   .

• year
• day
• month
• week

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Earth revolves around ​ (a)   , but rotates around ​ (b)   .

• the Sun
• its axis

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Sort these facts about Earth's Revolution and Rotation.

Groups:

(a) Revolve

,

(b) Rotate

• One Day

• Travel Around

• Around the axis

• Around the Sun

• One Year

• Spin

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