Planets
Name 2 characteristics that make an object a planet.
-have their own orbit around the sun
-large
-spherical
Name a natural satellite around a planet.
a moon
Explain why stars look so small from Earth.
They are so far away.
These objects stay in their own path around the sun and never cross.
planets
The amount of time it takes earth to move around the sun.
365 days
The inner planets are mostly made of _____.
rock
What is the definition of a solar system.
Draw a diagram that shows day/night on earth.
shows rotation toward and away from the sun with day/night correctly labeled
These objects are found between Mars and Jupiter.
asteroids
Explain what causes seasons on Earth.
The outer planets are mostly made of ______.
gas
Our sun is considered a ___________sized star.
medium
These objects can take hundreds of years to revolve around the sun.
comets
Draw a diagram of summer in the northern hemisphere.
tilted axis
northern hemisphere tilted TOWARD sun
Earth is the ________(first, second, third, fourth, etc.) planet from the sun.
third
It takes the moon _________days to move around the Earth.
28 days
These objects are often called shooting stars when seen from earth.
meteors/meteoroids
Draw a diagram of winter in the northern hemisphere.
northern hemisphere tilted away from sun
All planets are kept in orbit around the sun and moons are kept in orbit around planets because of _______.
gravity
Draw a diagram that shows the movement of Earth, it's moon, and the sun.
Sun in center
Earth moving around sun
moon moving around earth
These objects are rocky objects from space that hit the earth.
meteorites
Name the movement and draw a diagram of day and night on Earth.
rotation
sun
earth - shows rotation and day/night labeled