Vocabulary
Earth turns about an imaginary line known as its...
Axis
List the order of the planets...
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
When the moon is getting smaller it is a ____________ phase (waxing or waning)?
Waning
This creates the Earth's seasons...
Earth is tilted on its axis
The earth ________ around the sun by moving in a circle around it.
Revolves or Orbits
What do the inner planet have in common?
They are made of rocks.
The name of the phase that is halfway around the Earth and it is fully lit up.
Full Moon
Chunks of ice and other material that move in long, narrow orbits that have "tails"
comets
What keeps the earth in orbit around the sun
Gravity
The earths sattelite
The moon
The largest planet in the Solar System is?
Jupiter
The name of the phase when it is between the Sun and the Earth and it cannot be seen.
New Moon
A hot sphere of gas that gives off energy...
star
The Earth's closest neighbor...
Moon
A satellite (orbits) of the Sun...
Planet
The outer planets are made of ...
gas
The name of the phase that is one quarter of the way around Earth...
First Quarter Moon
What are the different shapes the moon takes on called?
Phases
Name a difference between stars and planets
Stars make their own light but planets reflect light from the sun.
Earth ___________ on it's axis.
Rotates
They call the outer planets the...
Gas Giants
The moon looks big and bright because it is so close to ________.
Earth
Why does the sun appear to be the biggest star in the sky.
It is the closest star to earth.
How do scientists get images and new information about space?
Satellites, Telescopes and Probes