Days, nights, years, satellites

The Solar System and Beyond
B Griffiths
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You should know.......
The Earth gets heat and light from the Sun.
The Earth spins on its axis.
The Earth orbits around the Sun.
What day, year and leap year mean.
The moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
The Earth is divided up into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere:
Equator
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
The Earth is tilted on an axis
North pole
South pole
The Earth is kept in orbit by the force of…
Gravity
…and by the fact that is is moving at a high velocity
The Earth spins on its axis every ___ (__ hours)
While the Earth is spinning the side that faces the sun is in ________
Day and night
This side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun.
It is night time for people that live here.
This side of the Earth is facing the Sun.
It is daytime for the people that live here.
This side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun.
It is night time for people that live here.
This side of the Earth is facing the Sun.
It is daytime for the people that live here.
The Earth orbits the sun every…
…year (365 1/4 days)
The Earth orbits the Sun
Because of this spin the sun rises in the ______ and sets in the ______
Gravity also keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth. The moon orbits the Earth every…
…days month (28 )