Tilt of earth Vocabulary

Orbit

The path followed by a planet, moon, or other heavenly body as it travels around another body. The path of the Earth around the sun is an orbit.

Tilt

To slant or tip.

Rotate

To turn around a center point or axis. The Earth rotates on its axis.

Indirect

not direct or straight; by a longer way.

Hemisphere

one half of a sphere of globe. The Earth is divided at the equator into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Axis

A real or imaginary straight line about which something turns. The imaginary of the Earth passes through the North and South Pole.

Equator

An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth , at an equal distance from the North Pole and South Pole.

Sphere

Any round object that has a surface that is the same distance from its center at all points, for example a ball or globe.

Solstice

Either of two times of a year when the sun is farthest from the equator in the north and south

Equinox

Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length.

Direct

Without turning or stopping; straight; the shortest way.