Planets Rotation/Revolution

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How long does it take Earth to rotate once on its axis?

24 hours or 1 day

How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?

365 days or a 1 year.

Axis

An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates.

asteroid belt

Between Mars and Jupiter

Geocentric

Earth centered, Aristotle - first, Ptolemy

Revolution

Earth's movement around the sun.

What causes day and night on Earth?

Earth's rotation on its axis

Hemisphere

Hemi= half.

Equator

Imaginary line that divides the earth into 2 hemispheres.

outer planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants.

Gas giants (Jovian)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

4th planet from the sun

Mars

inner planets

Planets closest to the Sun- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

What does the sun do for Earth?

Provides heat, light, and energy

6th planet from the sun

Saturn

Revolution

The movement of an object around another object

Rotation

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.

Rotation

The spinning of Earth on its axis

sun

The star at the center of our solar system

What causes the seasons on Earth?

The tilt of the Earth's axis

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Used to remember the names of the planets in order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

2nd planet from the sun

Venus

Which direction does the earth rotate?

West to east.

Heliocentric

sun-centered (Copernicus), Galileo improved telescope

asteroid belt

the region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found


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