Year 5 - STAR learning

The action of spinning on an axis.

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Equator

• Orbit

The imaginary line through the middle of a shape where the shape rotates.

• Axel

• Axis

• Axe

• Taxi

Half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator.

• Stratosphere

• Semisphere

• Hemisphere

• Chemisphere

The line which is an equal distance from both poles and goes all the way around the middle of the Earth.

• Equator

• FakeNewsBelt

• Middle Line Hot thing

• Earthquakor

When there are 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness everywhere on Earth.

• Equality Street

• Equal Rights

• Equipment

• Equinox

The curved path of an object around a star, planet or moon.

• Orbit

• Or little bit

• Orlot

• Orloads

A slightly oval-shaped orbit

• Egg orbit

• Elliptical orbit

• Revolutional orbit

• Squishcircle orbit

The force that attracts towards the centre of the Earth keeping things on the ground.

• Gravitational squish

• Gravitational push

• Gravitational pull

• Gravitational grab

When the Earth is in the centre

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Earthycentric

• Neocentric

When the Sun is in the centre

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Earthycentric

• Neocentric