There is an imaginary line through the center of the Earth called the______________.
Axis
The Earth revolves around the ___________
Sun
Name 4 planets made of ROCK
Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus
What are the four seasons in a year?
spring, summer, autumn, winter
The path the Earth takes around the sun is called Earth’s ___________.
orbit
The seasons are created through the combination of the Earth’s ______________and the tilt of the axis
Revolution
Name the four gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The _____________ orbits around the earth.
moon
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
Name the planet BETWEEN Mars and Venus.
Earth
True or false. The moon is a satellite.
True
How long does it take the earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
1 year, 365 days, 12 months
When the southern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted AWAY from the SUN, people in this part of EARTH are experiencing WHAT SEASON?
WINTER
The earth moves through space in two different ways. They are called Rotation and _____________.
revolution
True or false. The Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear to move across the sky but the Earth is actually rotating
True
How long does it the earth to complete one rotation on its axis?
24 hours or 1 day
When the souther hemisphere of the EARTH is tilted TOWARD the SUN, people in this part of Earth are experiencing what season?
SUMMER
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8
The Earth’s orbit is in a triangle shape. True or false
false. Elliptical shape
The _______________ is the center of our solar system.
the sun
_________________ orbits around the stars.
Planets
The asteriod belt is _____________(between/under) the rocky planets and the gas giants)