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TEKS 6.9A Vocabulary
Seasons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| axis | an imaginary line about which a celestial body rotates |
| hemisphere | half a sphere; one of the two halves of Earth that are divided by the equator |
| orbit | the path of an object around another object; in space, a regularly repeating curved path |
| revolution | the completion of a full orbit |
| season | one of the four periods into which the year is divided (winter, spring, summer, and fall/autumn); caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis as it revolves around the Sun |
| tilt | the angle or slant of an object when it is rotated from a vertical or horizontal position Earth's axis is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle |