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  1. counterclockwise
    in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
    If you look down onto the North Pole
    at the top of the globe, you should spin the Earth counterclockwise,
    as shown in Figure 1 at left.
  2. rotate
    turn on or around an axis or a center
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  3. North Pole
    the northernmost point of the Earth's axis
    The axis is
    an imaginary line through the center of Earth, from the North
    Pole     to the South Pole.
  4. Earth
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  5. South Pole
    the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
    The axis is
    an imaginary line through the center of Earth, from the North
    Pole to the South Pole.
  6. rotation
    the act of turning as if on an axis
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  7. simulate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
    You can simulate this movement by slowly
    spinning a globe on its stand.
  8. Pole
    a native or inhabitant of Poland
    The axis is
    an imaginary line through the center of Earth, from the North
    Pole to the South Pole.
  9. Sun
    the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
    At sunrise where you live, you see the Sun coming up on the eastern
    horizon as your region of Earth rotates into the light from the Sun.
    Then the Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west, until it
    sets.
  10. axis
    a straight line through a body or figure
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  11. sunrise
    the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
    At sunrise where you live, you see the Sun coming up on the eastern
    horizon as your region of Earth rotates into the light from the Sun.
    Then the Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west, until it
    sets.
  12. turn around
    turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  13. globe
    an object with a spherical shape
    You can simulate this movement by slowly
    spinning a globe on its stand.
  14. spin
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
    You can simulate this movement by slowly
    spinning a globe on its stand.
  15. spinning
    creating thread
    You can simulate this movement by slowly
    spinning a globe on its stand.
  16. cycle
    a periodically repeated sequence of events
    One Day–Night Cycle is One Complete Rotation of Earth
    Every 24 hours, Earth rotates, or turns around its axis.
  17. imaginary
    not based on fact; unreal
    The axis is
    an imaginary line through the center of Earth, from the North
    Pole to the South Pole.
  18. sky
    the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
    At sunrise where you live, you see the Sun coming up on the eastern
    horizon as your region of Earth rotates into the light from the Sun.
    Then the Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west, until it
    sets.
  19. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
    At sunrise where you live, you see the Sun coming up on the eastern
    horizon as your region of Earth rotates into the light from the Sun.
    Then the Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west, until it
    sets.
Created on Fri Feb 25 20:21:40 EST 2011

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