Question

The motion of the earth around itself is called .

Answer 1

1. Earth has two types of movement - rotation and revolution.
2. The movement of the earth about its own axis is called rotation.
3. Earth completes its rotation about its own axis in a time span of $23$ hours and $56$ minutes with respect to the distant stars and $24$ hours with respect to the sun.
4. Earth makes an angle of $23.5°$ with its vertical axis.
5. The motion of the earth around the sun on a fixed path or orbit is called the revolution.

Hence, the motion of the earth around its own axis is called rotation.