Orbit and Rotation Vocab

This causes a year on Earth

• Rotation
• Revolution

The Earth ______________ around the sun

• revolves
• rotates
• spins
• falls

It takes _________________ for the Earth to rotate one time.

• 24 hours
• 1 month
• 1 year
• 1 week

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

The earth's revolution is called an orbit, and we orbit around

• The moon
• The sun
• Earth
• Venus

How many days does it take the Earth to go around the sun?

• 300 days
• 365  days
• 3000 days

The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• vernal equinox
• axis
• solar eclipse
• solar flare

Takes about 24 hours to complete one

• rotation
• revolution

The seasons change as the Earth orbits around the sun

• rotation
• revolution

Completed in one year

• rotation
• revolution