Earth in Space Vocabulary Flashcards
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Rotation
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The spinning motion 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 it’s north poles, about which the planet rotates.
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Revolution
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The movement of an object around another object.
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Orbit
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The path 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 it’s greatest distance north or south of the equator.
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Equinox
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Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
