Eatth 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 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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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 its greatest distance north
or south of the equator.

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Equinox

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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.

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