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.