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Unit 2- Seasons
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rotation | The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis. |
| Day/Night | Caused by earth's rotation |
| axis | imaginary line around which Earth spins |
| Day | The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis. |
| Earth makes one complete rotation in this amount of time | 24 hours /1 day |
| Revolution | The motion of a body that travels around another body in space. |
| The time it takes Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun. | 365 ¼ days / 1 year |
| Tilt- 23.5 degrees | Earth’s axis always points towards the North Star as Earth revolves around the sun. This means the direction of the tilt never changes. |
| Season | Caused by the Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun. |
| Solstice | Summer and winter begin on these days |
| Summer Solstice | The most hours of daylight occur on this day |
| Winter Solstice | The least hours of daylight occur on this day |
| Equinox | Fall and spring begin on these days. The hours of daylight and darkness are approximately equal on these days. |