Rotation movement

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Movements of the Earth | Rotation

1º de ESO Geography and History

Unit THE EARTH PLANET- Index

THE EARTH

MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH

GEOGRAPHIC NETWORK

REPRESENTATION OF THE EARTH

Globes
Maps

MIND MAPS

Earth planet mind map

GLOSSARY

Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Hemisphere
Equinox
Solstice

Unit RELIEF

Unit THE CLIMATE

Unit PREHISTORIC LIFE

Unit EGYPT

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Rotation movement

It is the one which describes the Earth spinning around an imaginary axis, eastbound.

Rotation movement

The axis of rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of the orbit that describes the Earth around the sun.

The day, the night and the hours

The rotary motion produces a succession of day and night, as well as the time difference between some areas of the Earth.

As the Earth is spherical it is only illuminated on the face opposite to the sun. As it is turning on itself, the lighted face is not always the same. So the illuminated part (day) and the dark part (night) are constantly shifting.

Principal consequences of the rotation movement:

Day and the night

A uniform insolation of the Earth

Translation movement

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