Earth in space

Question 0

2) Rotation

Answer 0

the spinning motion of a planet on its axis.

Question 1

1) Axis

Answer 1

an imaginary line that passes through a planet’s center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates.

Question 2

3) Revolution

Answer 2

the movement of one object around another object.

Question 3

4) Orbit

Answer 3

the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

Question 4

5) Solstice

Answer 4

either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.

Question 5

6) Equinox

Answer 5

means equal night; this occurs halfway between the solstices; it is the two days of the year in which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or
away from the sun.