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Earth and Space
Earth's Rotation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Period during Earth’s rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark | night |
| Earth’s rotation during the day gives the FALSE appearance of the Sun’s ---------- from east to west across the sky | movement |
| Period during rotation when Earth is facing the Sun and it is lighted | day |
| Dark area caused when an object blocks light from falling on a surface | shadow |
| Tool that uses a tiny magnet to show which direction is north | compass |
| Includes the 4 compass points of north, south, east, and west | cardinal directions |
| An imaginary line around which the Earth spins | axis |
| Earth’s rotation during the night gives the FALSE appearance that the ---------- move across the sky | stars |
| Instrument showing the time by using the shadow of a pointer cast by the Sun onto a surface marked with times | sundial |
| Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis | rotation |
| the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit. | revolution |
| the line through the center of a rotating object | axis |
| imaginary line around the Earth that is the same distance from the north and south poles | equator |
| half of the Earth | hemisphere |
| circular path something (like a moon or planet) follows as it travels around something else | orbit |
| one of the quarters into which the year is usually divided | seasons |
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mrspineda
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