Science 8 - Astronomy

A spinning motion on an axis

• rotation
• revolution

The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days

• rotation

• revolution

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This is the reason we experience day and night

• rotation
• revolution

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The gravitational pull of the Sun on the Earth causes this

• rotation
• revolution

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The motion of one object around another object

• rotation
• revolution

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The Earth orbits around the sun

• rotation
• revolution

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The seasons change as the Earth orbits around the sun

• rotation
• revolution

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The sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west

• rotation
• revolution

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The Earth spins at a constant speed, always in the same direction

• rotation
• revolution

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Each season lasts about three months

• rotation
• revolution

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