2. Earth moves all the time.

3. We know the Earth orbits the sun…
…but it also spins as it orbits.

4. We call this spinning movement rotation. It takes the Earth 24 hours to
make one complete rotation, and this gives us day and night

5. It is day on the side of Earth where
the sun shines.

6. On the other side of Earth is night.

7. Earth moves another way. It moves
around the sun.

8. It takes Earth one year to make
one trip around the sun.