Earth In Space Flashcards
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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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Axis
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The action the earth takes on its axis
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Rotation
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The movement of an object around another object
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Revolution
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The path of an object as it revolves around another in space
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Orbit
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Either of the two days of the year in which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the Equator
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Solstice
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Either of the two days of the year in which the sun tilted toward neither hemisphere
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Equinox
