Planets
As a planet’s distance from the Sun increases, the time it takes for the planet to complete an _______ also
increases.
What is orbit?
Our Solar System is found in the _________ Galaxy
Earth ________ once on its axis approximately every 24 hours.
The Sun, is a ______ sized star, yellow star in the center of our Solar Sytem.
What is medium?
The four main phases of the moon cycle are ________________________________
What is new moon, first quarter, full moon, third quarter?
The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are called the __________
What are inner planets?
Beyond the orbit of Mars is the __________, a band of rocky and/or metallic objects that orbit the Sun and separates the inner from
the outer planets.
What is the asteroid belt?
Earth’s ______ is an imaginary line that passes through
Earth’s center from the North Pole to the South Pole
What is axis?
The Sun is the ______ star to Earth and the only star in our Solar System
What is closest?
If you were looking up at night sky and saw a full moon, approximately how long would it take to see the next full moon?
What is about one month?
The four planets beyond the asteroid belt are the outer planets called ___________________________.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
Rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun
What are asteroids?
A __________ is one complete trip around the Sun. Earth makes one _________ in 365 ¼ days.
What is revolution?
A star’s appearance, as
observed from Earth, is
determined by its size,
brightness, and _______ from
the Earth
What is distance?
If you were looking up at the night sky and saw a first quarter moon, approximately how long would it take to for you to see a third quarter moon?
What is about two weeks?
They are mostly composed of rock and likely
have a core made of iron.
What are the inner planets?
this object has a mixture of frozen gases, ice, dust
and rock that orbits the Sun – most have a tail
What is a comet?
All planets rotate, _____, and are _____.
What is revolve and round?
A ________ is a group of billions of stars,
gases, dust, and objects that orbit the
stars (asteroids, comets, moons,
planets), held together by gravity
What is galaxy?
While looking up at the night sky from earth, why would a star appear brighter compared to another star even if it was smaller in size?
What is closer in distance to the earth?
The _____________ are composed mostly of gases have rings although some may be difficult to see, and have many moons
What are outer planets?
This object (space rocks), enters
Earth’s atmosphere, also known as shooting stars.
What is a meteor?
What is orbit?
Why some stars only visible during certain seasons
What is earth's revolution?
Why would the pattern of stars appear to change from 8pm to 10pm at night?
What is earth's rotation?