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it completely disappears from the

sky. The whole process is reversed

until the full moon appears in about

a month. The different shapes of the
moon that we see are called the phases

of the moon.

Find It
Out How many days does it take for a
new moon to become a full moon? Phases of the Moon
Sun

The sun is a star and the ultimate

source of all kinds of energy we

have on Earth. We can see the sun

in the sky during the day. The sun is

the nearest star to the Earth. As the
sun is the closest star to the Earth,
The Sun and the Earth
it appears to be much bigger than the other stars.

The sun is a huge ball of hot gases. It gives us heat and light. All the eight

planets revolve around the sun in their fixed orbits. The sun’s gravitational

force holds the Earth and the other planets in place.

We get enough light from the sun to allow living things to grow.

Think & We all know that the Earth rotates around the Sun, and the moon rotates
Answer
around the Earth. What happens when the moon comes between the Earth
and the Sun?

Stars

Stars are the heavenly bodies that have light

of their own. We see many stars at night. They
are very big, but they look very small as they

are very far away from us.

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