Rotation, Revolution, and Seasons
Across
- 2. when there is equal amounts of daylight and night (occurs in fall and spring)
- 5. 0 degrees latitude
- 7. 90 degrees north
- 8. the planet where we live
- 10. 23 1/2 degrees South
- 12. 23 1/2 degrees North
- 13. causes seasons
- 14. One complete orbit of Earth around the sun. Earth completes one every 365 ΒΌ days, or in one year.
- 15. The imaginary line around which a planet turns. Earth turns around this which runs between its North and South poles.
Down
- 1. 90 degrees south
- 3. The path followed by an object in space, such as the path the Earth follows as it moves around the sun.
- 4. 66 1/2 degrees North
- 6. the longest and shortest days of the year (occurs in winter and summer)
- 9. 66 1/2 degrees south
- 11. The spinning motion of Earth. Earth takes about 24 hours to complete one rotation.