Movements of the Earth

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Across
  1. 3. The spinning movement of the Earth on its axis, which causes day and night.
  2. 5. The time of year when day and night are of equal length everywhere on Earth.
  3. 9. A minor shaking or movement of the Earth's crust, often a precursor to or result of an earthquake.
  4. 10. A point in the Earth's orbit where a hemisphere is tilted as far as possible toward or away from the Sun.
Down
  1. 1. The theory describing the large-scale movement of the plates that make up Earth's lithosphere.
  2. 2. The imaginary line that runs through the North and South Poles, around which the Earth spins.
  3. 4. The movement of the Earth in a fixed, elliptical path around the Sun, taking about 365.25 days.
  4. 6. The period of time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis (24 hours).
  5. 7. The result of the Earth's tilt and its revolution around the Sun (e.g., Summer, Winter).
  6. 8. The specific path that the Earth constantly follows as it moves around the Sun.