Earth-Moon-Sun System - L1 - Earth’s days, years and seasons

Earth-Moon-Sun System - L1 - Earth’s days, years and seasons

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the spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis

• rotation

• day

• revolution

• year

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the motion of a body spinning around another body

• rotation

• day

• revolution

• year

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the time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis

• rotation

• day

• revolution

• year

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the Earth completes a full revolution around the sun in 365 ¼ days

• rotation

• day

• revolution

• year

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sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (on a day in March and September)

• season

• equinox

• solstice

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a pattern of temperature and other weather trends

• season

• equinox

• solstice

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sunlight is at its maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in another

• season

• equinox

• solstice

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The length of a _______ is determined by Earth’s rotation.

• year

• hour

• day

• minute

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The length of the ___________ is determined by the Earth’s revolution around the sun.

• year

• hour

• day

• minute

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Earth’s __________ affects temperatures and daylight hours at different locations on Earth.

• shadow

• shape

• tilt

• minute