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Earth's Patterns
Term | Definition |
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pattern | a series or chain that repeats itself |
sequence | a process when one thing always follows another |
orbit | a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one |
rotate | to turn or spin around a point at the center |
revolve | to move around an object in a circular path |
axis | a real or imaginary straight line going through the center of an object that is spinning |
equator | an imaginary line around the earth that goes exactly midway between the North Pole and the South Pole |
hemisphere | either of two halves of the earth |