Rotation and Revolution
By: Kaitlyn
Intro
• You will be learning about the earths orbit, axis, its revolution and its rotation.
• You will se how revolution and rotation works.
Revolution
Rotation
Night
Day
Rotation
• Rotation- The spinning of the earth on its imaginary axis, which takes about 24 hours to complete and causes day and night to occur.
• It takes 24 hours or one day to rotate.
Revolution
• Revolution- Earth’s yearlong elliptical orbit around the sun and it causes the seasons.
• It takes 360 days for it to go through every season.
Axis
Axis- Is an imaginary line that cuts through the center of Earth and around which Earth spin’s.
Orbit
• Orbit- Is the path of earth going around the sun and the moon going around the earth.