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vocabularyfor school
Question | Answer |
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day/night | the time period when the earth is spinnig on its axis at 360 degrees |
rotation | Rotation is a noun and means the act or process of turning around an axis or center. In mathematics, rotation is a circular motion of a configuration around a line or given point without changing shape. |
revolution | a revalution is when the earth rotates around the sun |
orbit | The path of an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body |
year | The period of time during which Earth completes a single revolution around the sun |
leap year | a year were lose a day in febuary |
seasons | a division of the year that is charectorized by recurring weather conditions and determend by both earths tilt relativeto the sun and earth's positionin the orbit around the sun |
solstice | the point were the sun is as far north or as far southof the equator as possible |
Equinox |