Planets
How many planets are in our solar system ??
8
The star around which the earth orbits
What is the sun?
The movement of the Earth that creates day and night
rotation
Star closest to the Earth
Sun
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
summer
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
What are the inner planets
A single complete turn of the earth or a heavenly body on its axis
What is a rotation
The ________ of the Earth creates the seasons
Tilt
A point in space that has such a strong force of gravity that nothing within a certain distance of it can escape.
BLACK HOLE
dusty, lifeless. There is no water or air. covered with craters, mountains, and large flat plains. We can see it at night.
Moon
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What are the outer planets
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
orbit
True or False: You can gather more energy from the sun using solar panels at the North Pole because it gets 24 hours of sunlight versus in Florida that gets 16 hours of sunlight in summer. MUST EXPLAIN ANSWER
False. Because the sun's rays are more direct and concentrated in Florida than at the North Pole.
What causes the phases of the moon?
the Moon's orbit (revolution) around the Earth.
Small rocky objects that orbit the sun...
Asteroids
A planet that is smaller than a regular planet.
What is a dwarf planet?
Explain the difference between rotation and orbit. Physically demonstrate both of these.
Rotation means to spin in place, like Earth does on its axis. orbit means to travel around an object, like Earth around Sun.
Imaginary line or center around which something rotates (spins)
axis
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
new moon
Earth's natural satellite
Moon
All the planets named in order from closest to the sun to farthest
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Phase
A group of stars that form a pattern.
CONSTELLATION.
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
solar eclipse
The day(season) when night and day are the same length
the spring (vernal) and/or autumnal equinox?