Rotation & Revolution

The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation

• Earth's tilt
• Equator line
• Earth's axis

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

• Quadrant
• Hemisphere
• Segment
• Division

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

• Loop
• Trajectory
• Orbit
• Ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The movement of one object around a center or another object

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Translation
• Spin

The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Orbit
• Tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varying amounts of sunlight received (both intensity and number of daylight hours vary); caused by the tilt of Earth during its revolution

• Weather patterns
• Climate zones
• Atmospheric layers
• Seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The slant of Earth’s axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun; results in the North Pole always pointing toward the North Star

• Tilt

• Axis

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1