Question

earth’s orbit
you might recall that earth moves around the sun. the path an object follows as it moves around another object is an orbit. earth’s orbit is nearly circular. that means the distance between the sun and earth changes slightly as it orbits. the orbit of one object around another object is called revolution. earth makes one complete revolution around the sun every 365.24 days.

read the diagram calculate how much closer earth is to the sun on january 3 than july 4.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify distances

On July 4, Earth is 152 million km from the Sun. On January 3, Earth is 147 million km from the Sun.

Step2: Calculate difference

Subtract the distance on January 3 from the distance on July 4. $152 - 147=5$ million km.

Answer:

5 million km