Unit Test (60%): Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Last Name:

Class Period

• 1st
• 2nd
• 5th
• 6th

Movement of Earth around its axis

• rotation
• axis
• orbit
• revolution
• equinox

PATH of Earth as it revolves around the sun

• orbit
• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• equinox

Line passing through Earth's center and poles

• axis
• rotation
• orbit
• revolution
• equinox

MOVEMENT of Earth around the sun

• revolution
• axis
• rotation
• orbit
• equinox

When the sun is farthest north or south of the equator; signifying the start of summer or winter.

• solstice
• axis
• rotation
• orbit
• revolution

Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun; day and night are equal in length

• equinox
• axis
• rotation
• orbit
• revolution

The rotation of Earth on its axis cause _________ and ____________.

• winter and summer
• day and night
• fall and spring