Along with the tilt of the earth, what MOTION causes Earth to have 4 seasons
what is the revolution around the sun
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
Now considered a dwarf planet
What is Pluto
Earth's closest star
What is the sun
What star is closest to Earth?
The Sun!
What do we call the movement of the Earth around the Sun?
Revolution
The gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth's oceans results in...
tides
This planet has toxic clouds and is very hot
What is Venus
Term for a group/pattern of stars
What is a constellation
What is the name of this galaxy?
The Milky Way.
The spinning of the earth on it's axis causes
what is day and night
A large, round object that revolves around the sun but has not cleared the region around its orbit is called what?
What is a dwarf planet
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the only other planet in our solar system that is believed to be able to sustain life?
Mars
Our star is a _______ sized star.
A. very large
B. average/ medium
C. very small
B. average/ medium
How long does a rotation of the Earth around its axis take?
About 24 hours
One revolution around the sun on Earth is how long?
365.25 days
How many planets in our solar system
what is 8
We are what planet from the sun?
3rd planet
Objects in the solar system stay in their orbits because of ___________.
What motion causes us to see different stars at different times of the year
Earths orbit around the sun
Revolution around sun
Meteoroid- up in space, meteor- burning in our atmosphere, meteorite- landed on the surface of Earth
This planet has the greatest tilt
Uranus
What is the name for the path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet or moon.
Orbit
When the moon blocks the light from the sun we call it:
Solar eclipse (April 8th 2024)