click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Seasons
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Roataion | The spinning of a body,(planet) on its axis. |
Day | The time it takes a planet to complete one full totation on its axis.Earths day is 24 hours long |
Revotion | The motion of one body around another body in space. |
Year | The time it takes a planet to make one full revolution around the sun.Earth's year is 365 1/4 days long. |
Season | A time of year characterized by a pattern of temperatures and other weather trends. |
Equinox | When sunlight shines equally on both the northern and southern hemisphere. |
solstice | When the area of sunlight is at its maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other. |