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Rotation
- The spinning of the Earth on its axis is known as 'the Earths rotation'
Rotation.
Rotating.
rotation (as opposed to orbiting, which describes the earth's movements around the sun)
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What do you call the turning movement of the earth on its axis?
"Rotation" is the spinning of a planet on its axis.
What fourth grade sentence can you make out of rotation?
The moon rotates around our planet Earth. The rotation of the Earth refers to the spinning of our planet on its axis.
Earth spins on its axis like a top in a movement called?
Rotation
How is rotation different then revolution?
A rotation is an object spinning around its own axis once, such as one day on Earth. A revolution is an object making a full transit around an external axis point, such as one year on Earth.
How come at night time you are not upside down if the earth spins at night?
Because the Earth spins on a near vertical axis like a top or a basketball spinning on a finger. But if you were upside down you wouldn't know anymore about it than do the people in Australia.
The spinning of the earth around its axis is called?
The spinning of Earth around its axis is called rotation
What is the spinning of earth of its axis called?
RotationThe spinning of the Earth on its axis is known as 'the Earths rotation'Rotation.Rotating.rotation (as opposed to orbiting, which describes the earth's movements around the sun)
What do they mean by the Earth's rotation?
The rotation of the Earth is called as the spinning of the Earth in its axis.
What is the spinning of earth on its axis?
rotation...rotation.
The spinning of earth on its axis that causes day and night is called?
Rotation
What is moving in a circular motion called on an axis?
Rotating (spinning) on an axis is what Earth's rotation does in creating day and night.
WHICH SIDE the axis of the earth is tilted?
The Earth spins about its axis. That defines the Earth's axis. It is the axis of spin that is tilted. If the Earth were not spinning it would not have an axis.
What is the earth spinning on?
It's axis.
Earth spinning on its axis?
Yes, the earth does spin around its axis. That's what causes the apparent movement of the sun and the stars. If your question was rather what spinning on its axis mean? Ever saw a sphere spinning? It means that.
What is caused by the earth spinning on its axis?
Day and night. One half of the Earth is always illuminated by the Sun, while the other half faces away. The spinning of the Earth is called its rotation.
What is caused by earth spinning on its axis?
Day and night. One half of the Earth is always illuminated by the Sun, while the other half faces away. The spinning of the Earth is called its rotation.
What the spinning of the earth on its axis?
rotation...rotation.
