Tuesday 18 th of January 2022 Science

The Earth in space

Unit (10)
The movement of the Earth
The Earth has two types of movements
1. Rotation
2. Revolution
Both of the movements cause interesting changes on Earth.
Axis: It is the imaginary line (is not really line) on which the Earth spins.
Rotation
The Earth spins on its axis in an anticlockwise direction. This movement is called
rotation.
Day and night
At any time, only half of the Earth is in sunlight and the other half is in shadow.
The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate once on its axis. This period is called a day.
Revolution
The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called revolution. Revolution is a
movement in which an object moves around another object.
The Moon revolves around the Earth in a fixed path called an orbit.
Year
The Earth completes one orbit around the Sun in approximately 365 days. This
period called a year.
Seasons
The year is divided up into the four seasons we call spring, winter, summer, and
autumn. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the seasons change.
HW A, B, C, D (1) & (2)