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How the Earth Moves

  • Game Code: 1195011
  •  English    14     Public
    Movement of Earth and Moon
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • The opposite direction to the way the hands of a clock move
    anticlockewiase
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  • an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.
    Equator
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  • The top half of Earth that lies above the equator
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • The path of movement of an object around another object
    orbit
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  • an object in space that orbits a larger object
    satellite
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  • one of the four periods of the year- spring-summer-fall-winter
    seasons
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  • an oval shape
    ellipse
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  • the bottom half of Earth that lies below the equator
    Southern Hemisphere
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  • NOT straight leaning to the side
    tilt or tilted
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  • The Earth rotates around this, makes day and night
    axis
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  • How long does it take for the Earth to rotate on its Axis
    24 hours
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  • How long does it take for the Earh to orbit around the sun
    1 year or 365 days
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  • What is the name of the model that states that the SUN orbits around the EARTH
    Ptolemy Model or Geocentric
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  • What is the name of the model that states that the EARTH orbits around the SUN
    Copernicus Model or Heliocentric
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