Explain the ways the earth moves and how each way affects the earth

The earth moves two ways. It spins and it moves around the sun. The spinning of the earth is called rotation. It takes the earth about 24 hours, or one day, to make one complete rotation.

Explanation:

The Earth's Three Motions. The Earth turns (rotation around the polar axis), goes along on its orbit (revolution around the Sun), swings smoothly as an unbalanced spinning top (equinoctial precession).

Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called the Coriolis effect. Click the image for a larger view. Coastal currents are affected by local winds.