Explain the difference between the earths rotation and revolution. what are each responsible for?

Question

Explain the difference between the earths rotation and revolution. what are each responsible for?

Answer 1

The rotation is the rotation around the sun and the revolution ,is while it is going around the sun ,it is spinning.See what i'm sayin?

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Answer 2

The rotation is responsible for the days and noghts. The revolutions are what gives us the four seasons.

Answer 3

The Earth rotates once every 24 hours on its axis and revolves around the sun every 365 and 1/4 days.

Answer 4

Rotation of earth is the spinninig of of the earth about its own axis and the earth takes approximately 24 hours to complete one rotation.This causes day and night.As the axis is tilted by 23.5 degrees,we get unequal daytime and night times.If the axis is not tilted, day and night will be equal throughout the year at all places on the earth.

Revolution is the movement of the earth around the sun in an elliptical orbit and this takes approximately 365 days.This movement along with the tilt of the axis produces the different seasons.

Answer 5

Rotation and Revolution

The earth rotates from west to east about a line (its axis) that is perpendicular to the plane of the equator and passes through the center of the earth, terminating at the north and south geographical poles. The period of one complete rotation is a day; the rotation of the earth is responsible for the alternate periods of light and darkness (day and night). The earth revolves about the sun once in a period of a little more than 365 1/4 days (a year). The path of this revolution, the earth's orbit, is an ellipse rather than a circle, and the earth is consequently nearer to the sun in January than it is in July; the difference between its maximum and minimum distances from the sun is c.3 million mi (4.8 million km). This difference is not great enough to affect climate on the earth.

The Change in Seasons

The change in seasons is caused by the tilt of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, making an angle of c.66.5°. When the northern end of the earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, the most direct rays of sunlight fall in the Northern Hemisphere. This causes its summer season. At the same time the Southern Hemisphere experiences winter since it is then receiving indirect rays. Halfway between, in spring and in autumn, there is a time (see equinox) when all parts of the earth have equal day and night. When the northern end of the earth's axis is tilted away from the sun, the least direct sunlight falls on the Northern Hemisphere. This causes its winter season.

Answer 6

the earth rotates in 24 hours and its called a day. but revolution is when the earth goes around the sun which takes 365 days and is called a year.

Answer 7

rotation is responsible fro day and night. revolution on its tilted axis is for seasons

Answer 8

rotaion is when the Earth rotates on its axis at 1,000 miles per hour in a 24 hour time. revolution is it going around the sun in a 365 day cycle. the revolution is responsible for seasons and the rotation causes day and night.