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Rotation - Revolution and other things

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66 1/2 degrees south latitudeAntarctic Circle
what is the imaginary line 23 1/2 degrees south of the equatorTopic of Capricorn
used to measure locations east or west of the prime meridianlongitude
used to measure locations north or south of the equatorlatitude
zero degrees longitude is called what nameprime meridian
what is 23 1/2 degrees north laditudeTropic of Cancer
what is 66 1/2 degrees north laditudeArctic Circle
going around the sun completely once is called arevolution
how many degrees are the arctic and antarctic circles66 1/2
occurs twice yearly, once in March and in once in September; means equalequinox
an imaginary line divding the earth into 2 equal northern and southern halvesequator
occurs in December and Junesolstice
1/24th of a day60 minutes or 1 hour
turning around once on its axisrotation
number of degrees the earth is tilted all the time23 1/2 degrees


6th grade science teacher
Ichabod Crane Middle School
Valatie, NY

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