Planets
What are the first 4 planets made of?
Rock
What gives us night and day?
Earth's rotation
What is the imaginary line that the earth is tilted on?
Axis
How many planets are there?
8
What is a planet?
A large ball of rock or gas
How long is one rotation of the earth?
24 hours
Another name for rotation is ________.
Spin.
What is in the middle of the Solar System?
The Sun.
What are the last 4 planets made of?
Gas
1 revolution around the sun is equal to 1 _ _ _ _?
Year
The earth rotates around this
Axis
What is the Sun?
A star.
What planet is earth from the sun?
3rd
The planets closest to the sun revolve the (fastest/slowest)
fastest
Why do we get seasons?
the earth is tilted. The part farthest away from the sun gets winter. Closest gets summer.
What is the dwarf planet that is no longer a planet?
Pluto
Name all of the planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Sun
23.5
What Galaxy are we in?
The Milky Way