Solar System #1
Planets orbit around _______
The Sun
Which planet has a watery surface?
Earth
MARS is ________ to the sun.
closest
Neptun is ________from the sun.
furthest
___________ has rings around it.
Saturn
Name the planet closest to the sun.
Mercury
Name the planet after Earth.
Mars
Name the planet before Earth.
Venus
Name the biggest planet in the solar system
Jupiter
Name the smallest planet of the solar system.
Mercury
Name outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name the inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Earth's tilt and revolution causes _______.
Seasons
Earth's rotation causes _________.
Day and Night
The Jovian planets can be further divided into the ?
Gas & Ice Giants
How long does it take for the Earth to make its trip around the Sun?
365 1/4 Days
1 Year
The spinning of an object on its axis is called _______.
The movement of one object around another object is called _______.
Revolution
How much of Earth's surface is in sunlight at one time?
Half
Earth has an imaginary line, or ______, that runs through the North Pole and the South Pole.
Axis
When the moon's shadow falls on Earth we see a _______.
Solar Elipse
What seperates the inner plants from the outer planets?
The asteroid belt
When Earth's shadow falls on the moon, we see a _______.
Lunar Elipse
When the moon cannot be seen at all, it is called a ________ moon.
New
When the moon looks like a full lighted circle, it is called a ______ moon.
Full Moon