The Solar System and Planetary Motion

Describe the Sun, Earth, and Moon as approximately spherical bodies and explain the scientific evidence supporting this.

Explain how the Earth's rotation on its axis causes day, night, and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.

Describe the orbit of the Moon relative to the Earth and explain how this movement produces observable lunar phases.

Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the Sun in the solar system.