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Earths Rotation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Day/Night Cycle | Pattern of light and dark caused by Earth's rotation |
| Shadow | What appears when an object blocks light |
| Axis | Invisible line around which the Earth rotates |
| Apparent Motion | When stationary objects appear to be moving |
| Rotate | The spinning of a planet, Moon, or other object on its axis |
| 24 Hours | Amount of time earth takes to make one full rotation |
| Sunset | The Sun appears to sink beneath the horizon |
| Sunrise | The Sun appears to climb above the horizon |
| Atmosphere | The air that surrounds the Earth; it is made of a mixture of gases |
| Composition | The combination of substances that make up a whole object |
| Orbit | The path that one object in space follows as it revolves around another object in space |
| Revolution | One orbit of an object, such as a planet or satellite, in space around another object in space |