Earth's Patterns Vocabulary Study Guide

axis

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

• Earth's imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the center of Earth to the South Pole

• One complete circular movement made by one object around another object

• The spinning of an object on its axis

day

• The time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun once

• The time between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark

• A time period of 24 hours

• To lean, tip, or slant to one side

hemisphere

• A dark shape made by someone or something blocking the light

• Half of a sphere

• The spinning of an object on its axis

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

night

• The time between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark

• A time period of 24 hours

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

• One complete circular movement made by one object around another object

orbit

• The spinning of an object on its axis

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

• A dark shape made by someone or something blocking the light

• Earth's imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the center of Earth to the South Pole

revolution

• The spinning of an object on its axis

• The time between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark

• One complete circular movement made by one object around another object

• To lean, tip, or slant to one side

rotation

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

• The time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun once

• A dark shape made by someone or something blocking the light

• The spinning of an object on its axis

shadow

• A dark shape made by someone or something blocking the light

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

• The spinning of an object on its axis

• Earth's imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the center of Earth to the South Pole

tilt

• The time between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark

• The spinning of an object on its axis

• To lean, tip, or slant to one side

• A time period of 24 hours

year

• The time between sunset and sunrise, when the sky is dark

• The time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun once; 365 days

• One complete circular movement made by one object around another object

• The spinning of an object on its axis