Earth
Earth is __________________ miles from the sun
What is 92,955,820
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 28 days
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
The sun is a _______ and gives out heat and light
What is a "star"?
The Moon is _________ than the earth
What is smaller
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
Earth gets most of it's light from
What is the sun
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
The central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat
What is "the sun"
What is the coldest temperature on Earth?
What is -126 F
The sun is bigger then the ___________
What is the earth
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
The natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun.
What is "the moon"?
What is caused by the earth spinning on it's axis ?
Day and night
_____________ revolve around the sun and receive light and heat
What is planets
The length of the moon is equivalent to an _________ day
What is the "earth"?
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
Our home
Made of 2/3 water
Only planet known to support life
Revolution 365 days
What is the "the earth"