🕒Fast & Curious Week 12

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What is the definition of rotation?

Back

The spinning of Earth on its axis.

Front

What is the northernmost point of the Earth's axis called?

Back

North Pole.

Front

What do we call the half of the Earth that is north of the equator?

Back

Northern Hemisphere.

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What is the definition of the South Pole?

Back

The southernmost point of the Earth's axis.

Front

What is the Equator?

Back

An imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth.

Front

What is the definition of revolution?

Back

The movement of one object around another, such as the Earth around the Sun.

Front

What is the definition of the axis?

Back

An imaginary line that passes through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Front

What is the significance of the Equator?

Back

It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Front

What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

Back

Rotation is the spinning of Earth on its axis, while revolution is the movement of Earth around the Sun.

Front

What is the definition of the Northern Hemisphere?

Back

The half of the Earth that is north of the Equator.