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"Rotation" is the spinning of a planet on its axis.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe earth "rotates" on its axis. At the same time it "revolves" about the Sun. Very three-dimensional.
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∙ 9y agoRotation is the turning movement of the Earth on its axis.
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∙ 11y agoThe path of any Planet as it travels around the Sun, is called it's Orbit.
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∙ 11y agothe answer is rotation
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∙ 11y agoPrecession
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What do you call the movement of water toward the shore or upstream?
invection
Is the Earth rotating on an axis?
yes it does!!! Actually the rotational axis of the earth is inclined 23.15' from the vertical to the ecliptic. It is this inclination that produces the seasons on earth so the deviation is not trivial.
Why earth experiences seasons?
Seasonal changes on earth are the result of the fact that the earth's axis of rotation is not perpendicular to the plane in which it moves about the sun. The "tilt" of the earth will cause one hemisphere to be more directly exposed to the sun during a portion of earth's yearly orbit than the other hemisphere. On the opposite side of earth's orbit, the other hemisphere will be more directly exposed to solar rays than the first hemisphere. We know times of more direct sunlight on our hemisphere as summer. At times when the other hemisphere than the one in which we live in is getting the more direct sunlight, we experience what we call winter. Summer has generally warmer and longer days, while winter has colder and shorter days. All of this relates to the tilt of earth's axis of rotation as regards the plane of its orbit around the sun.
Why don't we feel the ground moving as the plates of the lithosphere move around?
The earth moves too slowly most of the time for people to feel it. When it moves quickly, we call that an earthquake.
Which layer of the earth has the greatest pressure?
The lowest level, the troposphere near the Earth's surface, has the highest pressure.
What do you call the turning of the earth?
Rotation, on its own axis. ...Coriolis
What do we call the movement of an object around itself such as the movement of the earth around its own axis?
It is called rotation.
What do you call the counterclockwise movement of the earth?
earth's rotation
What do you call the imaginary line on wich the Earth rotates?
Its axis
What do you call the imaginary line that the earth spins on?
It is called Axis
What do you call the sudden movement of the Earth's crust?
The sudden movement of the earth's crust is called and earthquake
What do you call the point at which the globe rotates?
A globe, such as the earth, rotates about its axis.
What do you call the movement of the earth around sun?
revolution
What do you call the movement of the earth around the sun?
revolution
Which force refers to the movement of the solid parts of the earth?
the force refers to the movement of solid parts in the earth is what you call the gravity.
What do you call the slow movement of earths axis with a period of 26000 years?
Procession of the Equinox
How does earth's motion relate to the length of a day?
the earth spins once on its axis during the time we call a day
