Earth's Movement in Space Vocabulary

Rotation and Revolution have the same definition in terms of how Earth moves in space.

• True

• False

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Label the picture correctly showing Earth's rotation and revolution.

a

b

Earth rotating

Earth revolving

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Match the following

Winter and Summer - (a)  

Autumnal (Fall) and Spring - (b)  

• Winter and Summer

• Autumnal (Fall) and Spring

• solstice
• equinox

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The sun takes its highest path across the sky during the _______.

• autumnal equinox

• summer solstice

• fall equinox

• winter solstice

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The fact that planets orbit the sun due to the gravitational forces between them is an example of __________.

• The Universal Law of Gravitation

• the solstice of a planet

• A planet's Revolution

• A planet's Rotation

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During which 2 days of the year is the Earth not tilted towards or away from the sun?

• equinoxes
• solstices

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Label the path of the sun during the equinox and solstice.

a

b

c

winter solstice

equinox (fall and spring)

summer solstice

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You are going to draw 2 arrows on the picture.

1. 1. Draw a RED arrow to show the inertia of the moon. 2. Draw a BLUE arrow showing the gravitational pull of the Earth on the Moon.

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An imaginary pole that objects can "spin", or rotate around is called a(n) _________.

• spinning rod

• spinning pole

• axis

• imaginary line