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What is the difference between Earth's rotation and revolution
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Rotation refers to Earth's spinning on its axis, and revolution refers to Earth's spinning around the Sun.
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Rotation is Earth's spinning on its axis, which takes approximately 24 hours and creates day and night. Revolution is Earth's orbital motion around the Sun, which takes about 365.25 days and creates the year. Option A has the definitions swapped. Option C incorrectly mentions spinning on the equator instead of the axis, and its description of revolution is nonsensical. Option D also swaps the correct definitions.