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Science 6 Week 4 LAS2
Science 6 Week 4 LAS2
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Earth’s Revolution
The sun is very far away. As the earth travels around the sun, it keeps the same distance away from
the sun. Earth’s movement around the Sun is called revolution. It rotates on its axis and, at the same time,
revolves around the sun.
The Earth follows a definite path called orbit. It does not leave the orbit because of gravity.
The Earth completes it travel around the sun in 12 months or one year. One year has 365 ¼ days.
Example
The figure shows that the earth rotates as it revolves around the sun in an elliptical path.
Activity
Choose your answer from the box. Write your answers on the space before the number.
__________________ 4. How many months does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?