Earth and Sun Vocabulary

Front

To spin around an axis

Back

Rotate

Front

To lean or move to the side

Back

Tilt

Front

Above the equator

Back

North

Front

An imaginary line through the Earth from North to South

Back

Axis

Front

An imaginary line around the center of the Earth

Back

Equator

Front

The path an object takes as it moves around another object

Back

Revolve

Front

The angle at which the Earth is tilted on its axis

Back

Tilt angle

Front

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Back

Equator

Front

The movement of the Earth around the Sun

Back

Revolution

Front

The time it takes for the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis

Back

24 hours