rotate, The spinning of a body in space, Revolve, The movement of a body around another in space. Orbit, 24 hours, The time it takes earth to make one rotation, 365 days, the time it takes earth to make one revolution, Waxing, when the moon is getting brighter and bigger, Waning, When the moon is getting smaller and darker, Sun, A star made of gases, center of our solar system, Earth, A planet in our solar system, has an atmosphere and water, Moon, The Natural satellite of Earth. Has landforms but no water or atmosphere, Shadow, When the light is blocked by an object., Sunrise, When the sun appears above the horizon in the East, Sunset, When the sun appears to drop below the horizon in the West, Season, The tilt lets Earth experience different amount of sunlight throughout the year., Planets, Bodies in space that orbit the Sun due to the Suns gravitation pull, Solstice, When the Earth is tilted on its axis either all the way toward or away. Summer/Winter, Equinox, When the Earth receives equal amounts of daylight and night due to not being tilted towards or away from the sun, axis, The imaginary line through the Earth from the north pole to south pole that the Earth rotates on, Hemisphere, The Earth is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

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