Days, Years, & Seasons

The spin of the Earth is called its __________ .

Earth's __________ is an imaginary line running through the center of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

The Earth takes twenty-four __________ to complete one rotation on its axis.

Each planet rotates on its axis, but each planet does so at different __________ .

__________ is the planet with the longest day, which is about 5,832 hours, because it takes the longest amount of time to make one rotation on its axis.

The movement of each planet in an orbit around the sun is known as its __________ .

Each planet's orbit follows a slightly elliptical __________ around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The length of each planet's __________ depends on its distance from the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Johannes Kepler discovered that planets farthest from the sun move the __________ .

__________ is the planet with the longest year, which is about 60,225 "Earth" days, so it takes the longest amount of time to orbit the sun.