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Earth's Patterns
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |