Earth's Postitons

6. to turn like a top;spin,this movement by Earth causes day and night
7. to move around another object, this is caused by Earth's tilt on its axis
8. summer,winter,spring,fall; caused by the Earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees as it revovles
9. 24 hours; caused by the Earth's rotation includes times of darkness and light
13. the solstice that marks the onset of summer,longest day
14. the path an object follows as it revolves around another object

1. the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; the time from sunset to sunrise
2. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
3. something that repeats continuously in the same pattern
4. the solstice that marks the onset of winter,shortest day,
5. a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator
10. imaginary line that extends out of the earth from the North and South pole
11. when day and night are of approximately equal in duration all over the planet
12. 365.25 days; the time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun