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ROTATION AND REVOLUTION
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Counter Clockwise
is the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock
The Earth moves in two ways
Rotation
and
Revolution
The movement of earths axis is called
Rotation
The sun Rises at the
East
The sun Sets at the
West
Earths Rotation result to
Day
and
Night
The period of the Earths Rotation is
23hrs56minutes4.2seconds
Revolution is
Movement
Around the sun
It takes the Earth
365DAYS
to orbit the sun
A
leap
year is a year with
February 29
The orbit of the earth is called
Eclipse
or
ecliptal
shape
Sometimes Earth is
Away
or
Near
From the sun
Aphelion is The earths
farthest
point
Perphelion is the Earths
Nearest
point
In the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole leans toward the Sun, we have summer; When the South pole leans towards the Sun, we have winter
Earth's axis tilts at an angle of
23.4
degrees from its
orbital
plane
Earths axis remained fixed as it orbits the sun The
NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE IS TILTED TOWARDS THE
SUN
Because of Earths
rotation
, the
Sun
is always in the sky for 12 hours
because of the
earths revolution
and its position there are
4 seasons
During june july and august the northern hemisphere is facing the sun
JUNE
21 summer starts in
northern
hemisphere while winter starts on the southern hemisphere
the tropic of cancer is where the sun reaches its
highest
point in the sky during the
summer solstice
The equator is where the sun reaches its
highest
point in the sky during the
spring
and autumnal equinoxes