Solar System Review

Asteroids have hit the surface of the moon causing _____________

The earth _____________________ around the Sun.

When it's Spring in the Northern hemisphere, it's_________ in the Southern Hemisphere.;

The path a planet takes around the sun is its_________________. It's not an exact circle.

Seasons are caused by how close the earth is to the Sun.

The Inner Planets are giant balls of rocky gas.

A ____________ is a frozen chunk of dust, ice, & gases that revolves around the sun & has a glowing tail of melting ice.

A _________________ is a chunk of rock and metal moving toward earth.

Seasons are caused by how close the earth is to the sun.

It is winter when our hemisphere is pointing away from the sun and we receive

When it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it's ____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

Seasons happen because the earth tilts on its axis.

The moon causes tides on earth -

All of the gases that surround a planet are in its atmosphere.

The four inner planets in order from the sun are

How many planets are in our Solar System (not including Pluto)?

Planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets are ___________________ of our Sun.

A solar system is a star and all of the objects that travel around it.

The four Outer Planets are larger in diameter than the Inner Planets.

The northern part of the earth's axis always points towards Polaris,

A _______________________ is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon, causing a shadow to fall on the moon.

The orbit of the planets is oval-shaped, or an

A ______________________ is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon, causing a shadow to fall on the moon.

A star is a ball of glowing gas, therefore, the sun is the __________ in our solar system.

Because of the tremendous size of our solar system, scale models help us show the relative _____________ of the planets.