Day/Night Cycle Vocabulary

Front

What is the imaginary line about which an object rotates?

Back

Axis

Front

What is the air that surrounds the Earth and Sun, made of a mixture of gases?

Back

Atmosphere

Front

What do we call an object (such as a moon) that moves around a much larger planet?

Back

Satellite

Front

What is one orbit of an object, such as a planet or satellite, in space around another object in space?

Back

Revolution

Front

What is the term for the spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis?

Back

Rotation

Front

What is the path that an object takes as it moves around another object in space?

Back

Orbit

Front

What is the term for the time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis?

Back

Day

Front

What is the term for the time it takes for the Earth to complete one full revolution around the Sun?

Back

Year

Front

What is the effect of the Earth's tilt on its axis?

Back

Seasons

Front

What is the term for the position of the Sun in the sky at different times of the day?

Back

Solar Position