Planets
This is the hottest planet
Venus
This is the name of our galaxy
The Milky Way
The sun provides us with both _________ and _________
Heat and light
The flying snowball in space...look out for that long tail
Comet
These two combine to give us seasons
Earth's tilt and Earth's revolution
This is the largest planet
Jupiter
The shape of our galaxy is
The sun is the only star in our _________________
Solar System
Most of these are found between Mars and Jupiter
Asteroids
We live in this hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
This keeps the planets in their path
Gravity
Our galaxy is located on
an arm
The sun is not the largest star but looks the brightest to us....why?
Because it is closer
Also known as a shooting star because they normally burn up as they streak across the sky
meteor
A cluster of stars that make a pattern are called
Constellations
This is the path the planets travel in...their.....
Orbit
How many stars are in our galaxy?
400 1 200 billion
200 billion
choose the largest of the three
Sun Moon Earth
Sun
If a meteor reaches the ground it is called a
Meteorite
Why do we only see certain constellations at certain times of the year?
As Earth travels in it's orbit, we see certain parts of the sky
This planet rotates every 24 hours and revolves every 365 days
Earth
What is at the center of our galaxy?
Black hole
The sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days
True
The icy flying snowball has a long tail made of this
Gas
When Earth is closest to the sun, we are experiencing Winter. Why
Because of the tilt of Earth, we are getting indirect sunlight