Earth rotates around its rotational axis. A plane at a right angle to and bisecting Earth's axis is known as the ________.
A) North Pole
B) Plane of the Ecliptic
C) plane of the Equator
D) plane of the meridian
E) Arctic Circle

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The plane at a right angle to and bisecting Earth's axis is known as the plane of the Equator. The North Pole refers to the point where Earth's axis intersects with its surface, the Plane of the Ecliptic is the plane in which Earth orbits the Sun, the plane of the meridian is a plane that passes through both poles and the observer's position on the Earth's surface, and the Arctic Circle is a latitude line at 66.5 degrees north of the Equator.

Earth Rotates Around Its Rotational Axis