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Seasons
reasons for the seasons
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rotation | The spinning of an object on its axis. It takes the Earth 24 hours to make a full rotation. |
| revolution | The movement of one object in an orbit around another object. Earth makes one full revolution around the Sun every 365 and 1/4 days. |
| axis | Imaginary line in which a geometric figure rotates on. |
| solstice | Sunlight is at its maximum in one hemishere and the minimum in the opposite hemisphere |
| hemisphere | One half of a sphere. The equator divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. |
| equinox | The day when the amount of daylight is equal in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. |
| season | A pattern of temperature on Earth based on the tilt of the Earth as it relates to the Sun. |