Rotation & Revolution

A spinning motion on an axis

• rotation
• revolution

The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days

• rotation

• revolution

This is the reason we experience day and night

• rotation
• revolution

The motion of one object around another object

• rotation
• revolution

This, along with the tilt of the Earth, is the reason we experience different seasons

• rotation
• revolution

When one side of the Earth is having daytime, the other side is having nighttime

• rotation
• revolution

Completed in one year

• rotation
• revolution

As the Earth orbits, the part of the Earth tilted toward the sun is having spring and summer

• rotation
• revolution

Each season lasts about three months

• rotation
• revolution

What does ROTATION mean?

• To SPIN
• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

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