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3 rd Grade Vocabulary Part Four. Rotation and Revolution. Rotation. The spinning of an object on its axis. Tilted Axis. Example - Rotation. Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. Revolution. The movement of an object around another object. Earth. Sun. Example - Revolution.
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3rd Grade VocabularyPart Four Rotation and Revolution
Rotation The spinning of an object on its axis
Tilted Axis Example - Rotation Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours.
Revolution The movement of an object around another object
Earth Sun Example - Revolution The Earth revolves around the Sun in 365 days.
Axis An imaginary line that goes through the North and South Poles of Earth
Orbit The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space