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The _______________ is the center of our solar system.
the sun
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8
Name all the planets in the solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
_________________ orbits around the stars.
Planets
___________ orbits around planets.
Satellites
Name 4 planets made of ROCK
Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus
Name the four gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The asteriod belt is _____________(between/under) the rocky planets and the gas giants)
between
True or false. The moon is a satellite.
True
The _____________ orbits around the earth.
moon
The earth moves through space in two different ways. They are called Rotation and _____________.
revolution
How long does it take the earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
1 year, 365 days, 12 months
How long does it the earth to complete one rotation on its axis?
24 hours or 1 day
When the side of the Earth that is facing the Sun is experiencing daytime, the side of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun is experiencing _____________.
night
There is an imaginary line through the center of the Earth called the______________.
Axis
True or false. The Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move across the sky but the Earth is actually rotating
True
