Earth Cycles

(8.7) Earth and space. .7The student knows the effects resulting from cyclical movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. The student is expected to:

(A) model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons;

(B) demonstrate and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle; and

(C) relate the position of the Moon and Sun to their effect on ocean tides.

8.7A ROTATION AND REVOLUTION

8.7B LUNAR CYCLE

8.7C Tides: