7° EARTH'S MOVEMENT (Copia)
7° EARTH'S MOVEMENT (Copia)
UNIT 2 PLANET EARTH
Earth's Movement
Please match columns
What is solar energy?
trip around the sun
One complete spin of earth on its axis.
What is rotation?
energy from the sun
What os Earth's tilt?
the distance north or south of Earth's equator
What causes day and night?
What is revolution?
As Earth's rotates
it is the inclination of the earth
what is latitude?
How does the rotation explain why day changes into night?
Choose the best option
It takes 24 hours for Earth to spin on its axis
Because of earth's revolution
because it takes 365 days to happen
What factors affect the solar energy Earth receives?
Rotation, tilt and revolution
Rotation, revolution and latitude
Rotation, revolution, tilt and latitude
What is Earth's axis?
an imaginary line around which a planet turns
an imaginary line that divides the earth into two halves
an imaginary line that passes through the poles
How long is the earth's rotation?
365 days
24 hours
12 months
How long is earth's revolution?
60 minutes
24 hours
30 days
3651/4 days
One characteristic of Earth's tilt
it's perfectly straight
it's not perfectly straight
it divides the earth in north and south hemispheres