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Vocabulary Quiz #14
Question | Answer |
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Ocean | About 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. Of that 71%, 97% is salt water and only 3% of all of the Earth’s water is freshwater. |
Rotation/Rotate | To spin or make a circular motion on its own axis |
Revolution/Revolve | To go all the way around something |
Axis | An imaginary line on which something rotates |
Equator | An imaginary line dividing the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
Tilt | A sloping position |
Day/Night Cycle | Caused by the Earth’s rotation or spinning on its axis once every 24 hours |
Full Moon | This is when the moon appears to be fully illuminated |
New Moon | The moon is not visible at the time (No visible moon is a new moon) |
Seasons | Caused by the tilt of the Earth as we revolve around the Sun. |