Earth's Motion 1
When the Earth spins on its axis.
What is rotation?
The Earth's movement around the Sun.
What is revolution?
This is the amount of daylight hours on the first day of Fall and Spring.
What is 12 hours?
This is the term for "tilted" toward the sun.
What is summer solstice?
The Earth orbits the sun on a path that is this shape.
What is an ellipse?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate once.
What is 24 hours?
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve once around the Sun.
What is 365 days or one year?
The position of the Earth during an equinox.
What is titled neither away from or toward the Sun?
The longest day of the year.
What is the Summer Solstice?
The Earth spins on this imaginary line.
What is an axis?
The Earth's revolution causes us to experience these periods of time.
What are seasons?
The Fall Equinox happens on this day.
The Earth's position during the Winter Solstice.
What is tilted away from the Sun?
The degree of the tilt of the Earth on it's axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The distinct path that the Earth follows each year.
This is the scientific name for the SPRING equinox.
What is vernal?
What is tilted toward the Sun?