Earth In Space Flashcards
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Rotation
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The spinning movement of a planet on its axis.
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Axis
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An imaginary line that passes through a planet’s center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates.
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Revolution
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The movement of one object around another object.
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Orbit
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Thoth of an object as it revolves around another object in space.
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Solstice
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either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
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Equinox
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Equinox- means equal night; occurs halfway between solstices; Either of the two days two days of the year of which the neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.