Earth's Vocabulary

An invisible line around which an object rotates or spins.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Hemisphere

• Revolution

Any circle drawn around the Earth divides it into two equal halves.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Hemisphere

• Revolution

An objects spinning motion about its own axis.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Hemisphere

• Revolution

The objects orbital motion around another object.

• Axis

• Rotation

• Hemisphere

• Revolution

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The path Earth takes around the sun

• Axis

• Hemisphere

• Orbit

• Ellipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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An elongated circle, like an oval. The shape of the Earths orbital path.

• Axis

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

• Ellipse

Tilted 23.5 degrees from the perpendicular to its orbit.

• Earths Tilt

• Hemisphere

• Axis

• Angles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many degrees is the Earths tilt?

• 23.5

• 27.6

• 23.0

• 25.3

True or False: The Earths tilt changes between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.

• True

• False

True or Fasle: The northern and southern hemispheres are always in the same season.

• True

• False

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