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Earth's Rotation and Orbit Flashcards

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This nine-card flashcard set covers Earth's physical characteristics and motion through space for upper-middle-school students. It includes concepts such as earth's diameter and circumference, rotation and revolution, the cause of seasons, orbital pathways, and the axis. Use it for vocabulary review, Earth science unit preparation, or astronomy fundamentals drill.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Astronomy
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • The diameter of the earth.
  • The circumference of the earth
  • The distance around an object
  • The amount of time it takes for the earth to rotate on its axis one time
  • The amount of time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun
  • The reason why we have seasons
  • The pathway the earth follows
  • The imaginary line that goes through the earth
  • Round like a ball

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