Earth Rotation and It's concequences
Earth rotation
Earth rotation
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What is a rotation?
The earth spins like a top when it tracks throught the space.
What are axis?
Theu are imaginaries line through the center of Earth form Pole to Pole.
What are the 2 concequences of Earth Rotation?
What is a month?
Apporximatly the time taken by the Moon to revolve around the Earth. The lenght of 12 months in a year vary from 28 (29 for a leap year) to 31 days.
What is a Week?
Artificial period of 7 days not based on astronomocal time.
What is a day?
Time taken by the Earth to complete 1 turn on its axis.
What is an Hour?
24 Hours make 1 station. Usually, the dau is divided into hour AM and Hour PM. Bus some time tables use the 24H system.
