Solar System 1
What type of object is the Sun?
Star
What is the only planet that has life called?
Earth
How many planets revolve around the sun?
8 planets
Which is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What forms of energy does the Sun product?
Light and thermal (heat)
This planet is the smallest and closest to the sun
Mercury
The largest planet is
Jupiter
What is the farthest planet from the sun?
Neptune
This is how it takes the Earth to make 1 complete revolution around the Sun.
About 365 days (1 year)
This means to spin around on an axis.
Rotation
It is known as the Earth's Satellite.
Moon
True or false
The farther the planet is from the Sun the colder it is.
True
True or False
There is an imaginary line on the Earth.
True
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation
What are the inner planets made out of?
Rock
What do all of the planets orbit or 'go around'?
the Sun
How can we see the moon?
The sun's light reflect on it.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
Mars
Name the 4 outer planets (gas giants)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What does orbit mean?
to go around something in a circle