1. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon T “ Use diagrams and text to show what the Sun, the Earth and the Moon would look like to a person standing on Mars.”

2. Unit 5E: Vocabulary Earth Moon Sphere Revolve Orbit Spin Rotate Axis Sunrise Sunset North South East West Our home planet The Earth’s satellite A round object, like a ball To go around a point To travel around another body To go around a point To turn on an axis/centre, like a playground roundabout A fixed point which an object spins round The time of day when the sun “comes up” The time of day when the sun “goes down” A point on the compass A point on the compass A point on the compass A point on the compass V

3. Unit 5E: What shape are the Earth, the Sun and the Moon? The Earth The Moon The Sun D

4. Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon Moon Earth Sun D The moon is about ¼ the size of the Earth. The sun is about 110 times bigger than the Earth!

5. Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon The moon orbits the Earth The Earth orbits the sun D

6. Unit 5E: Orbits The moon orbits the Earth It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth once D

7. Unit 5E: Orbits The Earth orbits the sun It takes 1 year to orbit the sun once D

8. Unit 5E: Summary S Larger than moon, smaller than sun spherical Sets in the West Rises in the East much larger than Earth spherical appears to move Sun Earth the sun on axis once every 24 hours night & day Once every 365 days year spherical about ¼ the size of Earth takes 28 days appears to change shape orbits spins orbits Earth Moon Earth, Sun and Moon