Science Terms For 6Th Grade

Front 1

the action of rotating aound an axis or center

Back 1

rotation

Hint 1

Front 2

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

Back 2

longitude

Hint 2

Front 3

an imaginary line about which a body rotates

Back 3

axis

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Front 4

a half of a sphere

Back 4

hemisphere

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Front 5

move or cause to move into a sloping position

Back 5

tilt

Hint 5

Front 6

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

Back 6

equator

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Front 7

the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20)

Back 7

Equinox

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Front 8

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

Back 8

latitude

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Front 9

a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center

Back 9

sphere

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Front 10

each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun

Back 10

seasons

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Front 11

either of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days

Back 11

Solstice

Hint 11

Front 12

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon

Back 12

orbit

Hint 12

Front 13

an instance of revolving

Back 13

revolution

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