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Slide 2 Slide 3 People once thought that earth was Today we know its shape as a Slide 4 Earth is located in a collection of stars called a galaxy The kind of galaxy is called a spiral galaxy and Earth is located on one of the arms. The name of the galaxy that Earth is located in is the GALAXY Slide 5 The Earth is the 3 rd planet of nine planets that revolves around the sun. 3 rd orbit The Earths orbit is the curved path it follows as it travels around the sun. Slide 6 Earths Travels People once believed everything traveled around the Earth rotates revolves Now we know it is the Earth that moves. It both rotates and revolves. Slide 7 The spinning of the Earth on its axis which causes day and night is called The motion of the Earth around the sun which takes about 365 days or one year to complete is called a