Earth's Movements and Weather

The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles is called Earth's __________.

The spinning of Earth on its axis is known as __________.

Earth's rotation causes __________ and __________.

• day

• night

As Earth rotates __________, the sun appears to move __________ across the sky.

• east

• west

Earth's path around the sun is called its __________.

Earth's orbit is an __________, which means it is slightly stretched into an elongated shape.

Near the poles, sunlight arrives at a __________ angle.

Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted at an angle of __________° from the vertical.

The North Pole always points in the same __________.

The day when the sun appears farthest north of the equator is called the __________ in the Northern Hemisphere.