1
The _____ is the center of our universe.
The Sun
It takes ____ hours for the Earth to make one complete rotation.
24
Ocean water rises during ______ tide.
High
One AU is equal to ____________ miles.
93 Million (93,000,000)
The _______ is the center of a comet.
Nucleus
Earth travels in an ___________ orbit.
Elliptical
The moon is _______ miles from the Earth.
238,000
The force of _____ is responsible for producing the tides.
Gravity
The planet that is farthest from the sun is called ______.
Neptune
The _____ of a comet is made from evaporated dust and gas.
One complete Earth orbit of the sun is called a ______.
Revolution
Satellite
People first landed on the moon in the year ____.
1969
A small chunk of rock that orbits the sun is called an _________.
A small asteroid is called a ________.
Meteoroid
It takes ______ days for the Earth to orbit the sun.
365
The part of the moon that we see from Earth at a particular is called its _____.
Phase
The number of planets in our solar system is ___.
8
The asteroid belt is located between the planets ______ and _______.
Mars and Jupiter
A meteor that falls to Earth is called a ________.
Meteorite
Axis
The moon is barely visible during the _____ phase.
New
Dwarf Planet
A _______ is an object made of ice and dust.
A meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere but has not struck the Earth is called a ________.
Meteor