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If you want to spin an apple, it would be a lot easier if you stick a pencil through it
from top to bottom, and then spin the pencil. Notice that as the apple spins, the
pencil always points in the same direction and it doesn't move; it just sits there
and spins around the lead in the middle, while every part of the apple spins around
the pencil.
Even though there's no pencil stuck through it, the earth spins exactly the same way.
If you try hard though, you can imagine a pencil stuck through the Earth's north and
south poles. It's 8,000 miles long, it points at the North Star, and every part of the
earth spins around it.
The imaginary line through the earth, between the poles, right where you just
imagined that gigantic pencil, is called the earth's "axis". The word simply means:
"The line that everything else spins around".
What else can I help you with?
What is the relationship of the earth's movement to the sun?
The Earth rotates about on a fixed plane that is respect to its vertical axis around the sun.
What is the relationship of the earth's movement to the the sun?
The Earth rotates about on a fixed plane that is respect to its vertical axis around the sun.
What does earth do when it spin on its axis?
On its axis Earth rotates around the sun.
How a does the earth to spin around?
it spins around on its axis,that is how the earth rotates.
Does the earth rotate or revolve on its axis?
The Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun.
How does earth rotates on its axis?
How does the earth rotate on its axis??it rotates on
What the movement of earth on its axis called?
The earth "rotates" on its axis. At the same time it "revolves" about the Sun. Very three-dimensional.
What does the earth rotate or spin on?
Its axis The earth rotates around its axis - an imaginary line running from the North Pole through the centre of the earth to the South Pole. It rotates around this line once every day. it is this rotation which causes day and night. axis
Which one of these do not move Sun Moon Earth?
Actually all moves. The sun rotates on its axis. The earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun. The moon revolves around the earth
What are the 2 movement of the earth?
1. Rotation (earth rotates on it's axis) 2. Orbit (earth orbit's arount the sun)
What is an imaginary straight line around which an object such as earth rotates?
An imaginary straight line around which an object like Earth rotates is called its axis. Earth's axis is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, around which the planet rotates as it orbits the Sun.
What causes the circumpolar stars to appear to move around polaris?
The apparent daily movement of the stars in the sky is a reflection of Earth's rotation. Earth rotates around its axis; as a reflection of this, the entire sky rotates around an "axis", which is simply the extension of Earth's axis. By chance, the star Polaris is almost exactly on the line of the Earth's axis, extended into space. So, as the Earth rotates the stars appear to rotate around Polaris. Circumpolar stars never go below the observer's horizon, so they just seem to go in circles around Polaris.
