Planet Earth: The Earth Moves Flashcards
What is the path that the Earth moves around?
The orbit.
What is an orbit?
The path of one object in space around another. Such as the path of the earth around the sun.
What is a revolution?
When an object moves around another object in space.
True or false. The earth moves in a clockwise direction.
False.
How many days does it take for the earth to move around the sun?
About 365 days.
How many kilometres does the earth move per hour?
108,000 kms per hour
How many times does the earth revolve around the sun in a year?
Once.
What is an Axis?
An imaginary line through the earth.
What is at the end of each of the earths axis?
Top - North Pole
Bottom - South Pole
What do we call it when the earth turns around or spins on its axis?
It rotates.
What direction does the earth rotate?
West to East in an anticlockwise direction.
How many hours does it take for the earth to spin around once on its axis?
24 hours. 1 Day.
True or False. Are we moving with the earth as it spins on its axis?
True.
