Solar System 1
The sun is this type of object.
What is a star?
This is the only planet that has life.
What is Earth?
What keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity
This is the closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
Name 3 things all inner planets have in common
-Made of rock
- 2 or less moons.
- no rings
- Smaller in size
If I see the new moon tonight, what will I see in 3 weeks?
First Quarter
This planet is the smallest and closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
This causes seasons
Earth's revolution around the Sun
This is the farthest planet from the sun.
What is Neptune?
Name 2 things all planets in our solar system have in common (don’t say they are in the solar system).
Orbits the sun/star
Rotates on an axis
Sphere
This is how long it takes the Earth to make 1 complete revolution around the Sun.
What is 365 days (1 year)?
This means to spin around on an axis.
rotation
It is known as the Earth's Satellite.
What is the Moon?
True or false
The farther the planet is from the Sun the colder it is.
True
Name 3 things all outer planets have in common.
Larger in size, more moons, made of gas, may have rings
Name all the planets in our solar system in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
This causes day and night.
What is Earth's rotation?
This is what the inner planets are made out of.
What is rock?
This is what all of the planets orbit or "go around".
What is the Sun?
How long is one complete rotation on earth?
1 day
Why do we see phases of the moon? Name two reasons
-the sun's light reflecting on it
-Earth's rotation
This is the fourth planet from the Sun.
What is Mars?
Name the 4 outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
This is what orbit means.
What is to go around something in a circle?
What is the difference between an asteroid and a comet? (Think movement AND looks)
asteroids float in space and comets fall to the Earth with a "tail"