Earth In Space Flashcards

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What is rotation?

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The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

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What is an axis?

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An imaginary line that passes through planets center and north and south poles about which the planet rotates

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What is revolution?

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The movement of an object around another object

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What is orbit?

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The path of an object as revolves around another object in space

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What is solstice?

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Either of the two days of the year on which the sun appears farthest north of the equator once each year and farthest south once each year.

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What is equinox?

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Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is titled toward or away from the sun

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