Science-Astronomy 3-Lesson 1-Kayteaa
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KayteaaAnn on November 9, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 axis | the imaginary line that runs through the North and South poles |
| rotation | the spinning of a body on its axis; Earth takes 1 day or 24 hours to complete a rotation; Earth rotates counter-clockwise |
| revolution | the motion o a body traveling around another body; the Earth takes 1 yr or 365 days to complete a revolution |
| temperature | due to Earth's tilt temperature depends on which hemisphere the sun s facing |
| seasons | caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis as well as the Earth's spherical shape; a pattern of temperature and weather trends; both hemispheres have opposite seasons |
| equinox | means equally; occurs when sunlight shines equally on both hemispheres have opposite seasons- in September and March |
| solstice | occurs when the sunlight reaches its max in one hemisphere and its min. in the other-in December and June |
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