earth, Moon and Sun

Use the diagram below to answer the following questions. Fill in the blanks with the word in the word bank below. The Earth rotates on its axis which takes 24 hours.The Earth revolves around the Sun every 365 1 days.The Earth's orbit is elliptical shaped and moves in a counter clockwise direction.Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the Sun as the Earth revolves. Match the phase of the Moon to the best description. new moon when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and not visible by Earth first quarter when right half the Moon appears to be lit Full Moon the Moon appears completely illuminated last quarter when the Moon appears half lit on the left. Match the "eclipse to the description. Solar Eclipse Moon passes between Earth and Sun Lunar Eclipse Earth passes between Sun and Moon Complete the fill in on the Moon. We see the Moon because it reflects light from the Sun.Moon phases describe the part of the Moon that is visible to us on Earth. The Moon revolves around the Earth. We can only see one side of the Moon because the rate of rotation is equal to the rate of revolution. Match the event with the time. Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis one day Earth makes one complete revolution around the sun. 365.25 days Moon completes one complete revolution around Earth 29.5 days