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Name the 8 planets in our solar system.
Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name four planets in our solar system that have rings.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
What month and day(s) does the winter solstice occur?
December 21st or 22nd
The United States is in the _______________________ Hemisphere.
Northern
A ________________________ is a pattern of stars that is named after a religious or mythical object or animal.
constellation
What star is at the center of our solar system?
The Sun
A __________________ eclipse occurs when the moon casts a shadow on Earth.
What month and day(s) does the autumn equinox occur?
September 22nd or 23rd
The Earth’s axis is tilted about __________ degrees.
23.5 degrees
The ______________________ is everything that exists.
universe
A __________________ eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow.
lunar
How many solstices do we have?
2
What month and day(s) does the spring equinox occur?
March 20th or 21st
There are ___________ different time zones in the United States.
4
A ______________________ is gas, dust, and a group of stars including and objects orbiting the stars.
galaxy
How many equinoxes do we have?
2
What are the names of the solstices?
summer and winter
The Earth rotates __________ full turn during a ___________ hour period.
1, 24
There are ____________different time zones around the world.
24
Our solar system is part of the _____________________________ Galaxy.
Milky Way
What are the names of the equinoxes?
autumn and spring
In what month and day(s) does the summer solstice happen?
June 20th or 21st
It takes the Earth about ___________________ to revolve around the sun ___________ revolution.
1 year, 1
The cycle of the phases of the moon takes __________ days.
29 1/2 days
What planet was considered a planet for many years and then scientists declared it was not a planet?
Pluto