Left Side: What is the difference between a rotation and a...
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Left Side: What is the difference between a rotation and a revolution? What about the difference between a revolution and an orbit?
REV LUTI N
•Involves two or more objects
•Object moves around a fixed point,
usually another object
•Object follows an orbit or pathway
Important Terms
revolution – making a complete path around
another object
orbit – the path that one object in space takes
around another object in space
1. The Earth spinning on its axis. Rotation
Revolution 2. Going around a larger body. Rotation
Revolution
Revolution
4. Causes the Earth’s seasons. Revolution Rotation
5. Creates a year.
3. 24 hours. Rotation Revolution
Revolution Rotation
6. The moon going around Earth. Revolution Rotation
Identify the motion being shown in each of these pictures. Each team must write their answers for each
figure in the form of a question.
Earth
Figure #1 Rotation Revolution
Figure #2
Rotation
Revolution
Planet
Reflection (L)
• What is the difference between a
rotation and a revolution?
– I know …
• What about the difference between a
revolution and an orbit?
– I know …