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Earth's Physical Geography
Our Planet the Earth
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Geography
6th Grade
10/20/2010

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orbit

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The Earth travels around the Sun in an oval-shaped path.

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revolution

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It takes 365 days or one year for the earth to complete.

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axis

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An imaginary line running through the Earth between the North and South Poles.

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rotation

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Each complete turn, which takes about 24 hours.

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low latitudes

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The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Also called the tropics. It is almost always hot.

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high latitudes

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The regions between the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and the poles. It is very cool to bitterly cold.

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middle latitudes

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The temperate zones. They have all four seasons.

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