That of course depends on what you call "nearly".
The earth's orbit around the sun, like the orbits of all planets, asteroids, and periodic comets,
is an ellipse, with the sun at one focus.
The eccentricity of the earth's orbit is 0.017. That's more eccentric than Venus' (0.007), but less
than Pluto's (0.249).
So the minimum distance across earth's orbit is about 98.6% of the maximum distance. To me,
that's nearly circular.
True. If the Earth wasn't spinning (or was, like the Moon, spinning at a rate of one revolution per orbit) the Sun would be almost (or absolutely!) stopped in the sky, while the Moon would rise and set once per month.
No. The moon has no light of its own. The moon is a rock. If you put the moon in a dark room
and close the shades, the room is still dark. You can't see a rock in a dark room unless you
shine a flashlight on it, and you can't see the moon unless you shine the sun on it.
The theory that the earth revolves around the sun leads to the most accurate explanation
of the motions we see of all objects in the sky, and it predicts observations that are found
when we look for them.
Bu it's still "only a theory". If you provide an argument that logically undermines this theory,
or another theory that explains what we see in the sky more accurately than this one does,
then this theory will be discarded, or modified to agree with yours.
This theory has been accepted for about 500 years. It can never be "proven", but it can be
dis-proven in a minute, if you bring in the right kind of new information.
That's how science works.
False.
The Moon revolves around the Earth.
The Moon rotates on it's axis.
well the moon circles the earth, and earth circles the sun, so yes the moon does circle the sun.
True if you ignore the sun, otherwise false.
Also often true at night.
False.
The moon shines because it reflects light from the sun.
True. It's also the smallest one.
This is indeed true.
Regards.
It would more correct to say that the Earth has seasons because it tilts, rather than saying the Earth tilts to make seasons.
If the north axis tilts towards the sun, the northern hemisphere is in summer and the southern hemisphere is in winter. The reverse is true when the north axis points away from the sun.
The planet with an axis that tilts nearly sideways is Uranus. The title of is axis is 97.77 degrees (compared to Earth's with is 23.45 degrees.)
The earth orbits the sun. As the earth orbits the sun, the earth also spins on its axis. The axis goes through the north and south poles. The axis tilts in relationship to the earth's orbit. That tilt is called the tilt of the earth. If you have a globe mounted in a stand, that is why the globe is tilted instead of mounted straight up and down.
The axis tilts at an angle of about 27 degrees from the perpendicular position.
True
the answer is false.
Earth.
but it does as earth's axis tilts.
True. Throughout the year, different parts of Earth receive the Sun's most direct rays. So, when the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere. And when the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
23.5 degrees
yes it tilts at about 7 degrees. 23 degrees is the tilt of earth axis.
It would more correct to say that the Earth has seasons because it tilts, rather than saying the Earth tilts to make seasons.
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If the north axis tilts towards the sun, the northern hemisphere is in summer and the southern hemisphere is in winter. The reverse is true when the north axis points away from the sun.
Earth is not perfectly sphere, the Earth bulges at its equator for it is spinning very fast on its axis.
23.5 degree