Rotation Station
The Earth does this on its axis once every 24 hours.
What is rotate (spin)?
The term for the Earth’s movement around the Sun.
What is revolution?
One rotation of the Earth causes this
What is day and night?
These are caused by the Earth’s tilt and revolution around the Sun.
What are the seasons?
Rotation means to turn on one of these.
What is an axis?
The imaginary line that goes through the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the axis?
It takes the Earth this long to complete one revolution around the Sun.
What is one year?
Only this fraction of the Earth faces the Sun at one time.
What is half (1/2)?
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, this season occurs there.
What is summer?
Revolution means to move around one of these.
What is another object?
The tilt of the Earth’s axis in degrees.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The Earth travels around the Sun in this type of path.
What is an orbit?
When it is daytime in one hemisphere, it is this in the other hemisphere.
What is nighttime?
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, this season occurs there.
What is winter?
You can remember “roTAtion” because this part of the word reminds you of what it does.
What is it Turns on an Axis?
The North Pole always points toward this star.
What is Polaris (the North Star)?
An elephant walking around a ball is an example of this kind of motion.
What is revolution?
This movement of the Earth causes the Sun to appear to rise and set.
What is rotation?
While the U.S. has summer, this country experiences winter.
What is Australia?
You can remember “reVolution” because the “V” reminds you of this word.
What is Moves (around)?
A frisbee, a merry-go-round, and an ice skater are all examples of this motion.
What is rotation?
The Sun stays in the center of this motion.
What is Earth’s revolution?
If the Earth stopped rotating, this daily change would no longer happen.
What is day and night?
Virginia experiences these changes because it is located in this hemisphere.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
The difference between rotation and revolution causes both of these patterns on Earth.
What are day/night and the seasons?