Flashcards
The Moving Earth
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1The spinning movement of the Earth around its tilted axis.Rotation
- 2The time taken by the Earth to make one Rotation around the sun.Solar Day
- 3The time taken by Earth to complete one Rotation24 Hours
- 4The time between sunrise and sunsetday time
- 5The movement of the Earth around the Sun on a fixed elliptical pathRevolution
- 6The fixed elliptical path of the EarthOrbit
- 7The motion of Earth around the sun is also known asAnnual motion
- 8Time taken by the earth to make one Revolution365 days and 6 hours (1/4 day)
- 9Imaginary line passing through the centre of the EarthAxis