Core Concepts 2

A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other

• orbit

• axis

• solstice

• revoultion

An imaginary line that is tilted relative to its orbit

• axis

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• equinox

Earth travels around the sun in an oval shaped....

• equinox

• solstice

• orbit

• axis

A point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length

• revolution

• solstice

• orbit

• equinox

Earth takes 365 1/4 days, or one year, to make one

• solstice

• equinox

• axis

• revolution

Areas sharing the same time

• rotation

• time zone

• orbit

• revolution

A complete turn of Earth

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• axis

Shapes and types of land

• crust

• mantle

• landforms

• core

A thick, rocky layer around the core

• solid

• core

• crust

• mantle

A sphere of very hot metal at the center of Earth

• core

• mantle

• crust

• atmosphere