Planets
How many planets are there in our solar system?
Eight
Large "dirty snowballs" that orbit the Sun and have a long tail.
Comets
How many days does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days
What is the Moon made of?
Rock
Name two main things that the sun provides for Earth to sustain life.
Heat and Light
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Large round rocky metal objects that are leftovers from the formation of the planets.
Asteroids
How long does one complete rotation of the Earth take?
24 hours (1 day)
How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth once?
1 Month
What is the Sun made of ?
Hydrogen and Helium gases
Which planet holds life on it?
Earth
An imaginary line down the centre of an object on which the object rotates around.
Axis
If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
What does the moon cause on Earth?
Tides
Is the Sun considered a planet, a star, or a dwarf planet?
Star
What are Saturn's rings made of?
Chunks of ice and rock.
The path the Earth and other planets take to move around the Sun.
Orbit
What causes day and night?
Earth rotation around an axis
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon causing a Blood Moon.
The sun rises in the ______ and sets in the _______.
East, West
List the planets in order from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Small or large disc-shaped holes on the surface of planets and the moon caused by a collision.
Craters
What causes the seasons?
The tilt of the Earth (23.5 degrees) as it revolves around the Sun
What are the 4 terms used to describe the phases of the moon? What do each of them mean?
Waxing/Waning, Crescent/Gibbous
What is a solar eclipse?
The Moon is between the Earth and the Sun causing a very bright light.