Motion of Earth/Seasons Vocabulary

When the Earth receives equal day and night

• solstice
• equinox
• daylight savings time
• time zones

Half of a sphere; Earth and the celestial sphere can be divided into northern and southern or eastern and western

• tilt
• axis
• orbit
• hemisphere

A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• orbit
• tilt
• revolution
• rotation

The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varying amounts of sunlight received

• hemisphere
• seasons
• orbit
• rotation

The slant of Earth's axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth's orbital plane around the Sun

• tilt
• rotation
• revolution
• orbit

Making a complete spin on an axis; causes day and night

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt

An imaginary line that Earth rotates around

• tilt
• axis
• equator
• prime meridian

The third planet from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system where life exists

• Sun
• Earth
• Moon
• Mars

Making a complete turn around another object

• revolution
• rotation
• axis
• spin

Making a complete spin on an axis

• revolution
• rotation
• axis
• spin