Our Solar System
Earth's Layers
Earth's Movement
Vocabulary
100

The star of our solar system is called the ____

Sun

100

The layer of air that surrounds the Earth

Atmosphere

100
The Earth _____ on it's axis.
rotates/spins
100

The thin outer layer of the Earth.

Crust

200
How many planets are in our solar system?

8

200

The layer of water that covers the Earth

Hydrosphere

200

The Earth _____ the Sun.

Orbits

200

The Earth spins on an ____.

Axis

300

The largest planet in our solar system is _____.

Jupiter

300

The solid layer of the Earth

Geosphere

300

Earth's _______ produces day and night.

Rotation

300

The farthest planet from the Sun is _____.

Neptune
400

This planet has many rings

Saturn

400

The inner layer of the Geosphere

Core

400

Earth's ______ produces the different seasons

Orbit
400
The planet closest to the Sun is _______.
Mercury
500

Our solar system is located in the ______ galaxy.

Milky Way

500

The middle layer of the geosphere

Mantle
500

The Earth's rotation takes ____ hours to complete.  The Earth's orbit takes _____ days to complete.

24, 365

500

Big spheres of heat and gas are called ______. 

Stars

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