Chapter 8 The Solar System

How long does it take the Earth to make a complete rotation?

A group of stars that form a pattern.

What causes day and night?

Where does the moon's light come from?

A time of the year that has a certain kind of weather

What season is it when the sun hits our part of the Earth most directly.

To spin around like a top

What is the center of the solar system?

Large ball of rock or gas that moves around the sun.

A big ball of hot gases that gives off light and heat energy

The sun, its plants, and other objects that move around the sun

A huge ball of rock that orbits the Earth

How often do the patterns of the moon phases repeat?

The path a planet takes as it moves around the sun