CBSE Class 8 Science Question 2 of 12

Keeping Time with the Skies — Question 2

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Imagine you lived on the Moon instead of Earth. What would you mean by a day, a month, or a year? (Page 170)
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A day on the Moon (from one sunrise to the next) would be about 29.5 Earth days. A month might be defined by one complete orbit around Earth (which is also about 27.3 Earth days). A year is the time the Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun, which you could still observe from the Moon in about 365 Earth days.