Earth 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 planets center and its north and South Pole, about which the planet rotates.
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revolution
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The movement of an 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 and south of the equator
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equinox
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Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
