SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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What is the correct term for Earth’s full trip around the sun?
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Orbit
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Revolution
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Rotation
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Elliptical
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Earth revolves around the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds. The time a planet takes to revolve around the sun is called a year.
Detailed explanation-2: -A revolution or orbit is the time it takes for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun. Time for one revolution = 365.25 days or one year. The speed of earth’s revolution is 68, 000 miles per hour.
Detailed explanation-3: -This spinning movement is called Earth’s rotation. At the same time that the Earth spins on its axis, it also orbits, or revolves around the Sun. This movement is called revolution.
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