Day/Night cycle
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| rotate (rotation) | to turn or spin on its axis
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| axis | the imaginary line around which Earth rotates
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| revolve (revolution) | to go around, or obit another object
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| orbit | the path of one object in space around another object
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| day/night cycle | created by the rotation of the Earth facing toward or facing away form the sun
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| one day | the time it takes Earth to complete one rotation around its axis
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| one year | the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun
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| sunrise/sunset | the time in the morning/evening when the sun appears/disappears on the horizon
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| atmosphere | a layer of gases that surround an object in space
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| gravity | a force which tried to pull two objects toward each other. Anything which has mass also has a gravitational pull.
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| satellite | when an object in space orbits the Earth or another planet
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