Eatth In Space Vocabulary

Question 0

Rotation

Answer 0

The spinning motion of a planet on its

axis.

Question 1

Axis

Answer 1

An imaginary line that passes through a
planet’s center and its north and south poles, about
which the planet rotates.

Question 2

Revolution

Answer 2

The movement of one object around

another object.

Question 3

Orbit

Answer 3

The path of an object as it revolves around

another object in space.

Question 4

Solstice

Answer 4

Either of the two days of the year on
which the sun reaches its greatest distance north
or south of the equator.

Question 5

Equinox

Answer 5

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.