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.