Rotation vs Revolution

Instructions
Read each bubble and determine if the phrase is describing the rotation or
the revolution of the Earth. If it describes rotation, colour the bubble yellow.
If it describes revolution, colour the bubble green.

the takes 24
causes spinning of hours to
day and Earth on its complete occurs
night axis in 1 day

takes 1
works in a
year to
the Sun is in similar way
complete
the East in the to a spinning when
morning, but in top the Earth is
the West in the facing toward
evening the Sun, it is
follows daytime
a path
called an
orbit

takes causes
approximately the
365 days seasons

the the
movement hemisphere
of the Earth facing toward
around the the Sun
Sun experiences
summer

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 Rotation vs Revolution Answers
Rotation (yellow)
causes day and night
the spinning of Earth on its axis
takes 24 hours to complete
occurs in 1 day
the Sun is in the East in the morning, but in the West in the evening
works in a similar way to a spinning top
when the Earth is facing toward the Sun, it is daytime

Revolution (green)
takes approximately 365 days
takes 1 year to complete
causes the seasons
the movement of the Earth around the Sun
follows a path called an orbit
the hemisphere facing toward the Sun experiences summer

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