Crash Course: Revolution vs. Rotation

An ________ is an invisible line around which an object rotates, or spins

• Axis

• Planet

• Sun

One rotation is.....

• when an object orbits around something in one complete circle.

• when an object spins one complete time.

Describe the difference between rotation and revolution.

• Rotation is the Earth spinning on is axis and Revolution is the Earth traveling around the Sun

• Revolution is the Earth spinning on is axis and Rotation is the Earth traveling around the Sun

Explain how rotation results in...

• day and night.

• the seasons

True or False.

Earth is tilted as it rotates and revolves around the sun.

• True

• False

Think about it. If you are TILTED TOWARD the sun, should it be warmer or cooler?

• Warmer (aka summer)

• cooler ( aka winter)

We live in the Northern Hemisphere, or top half of the world. So if we are tilted toward the sun, and warmer. What season would the Southern Hemisphere, or bottom half of the world be in?

• Summer also (tilted toward the sun ) 

• Winter opposite season (tilted away from sun) 

True or False, "The Sun is racing across the sky?"

• True

• False