Solar System Study Guide

The closest star to the earth is the ________.

Your shadow always points ___________ from the Sun

Your shadow is shortest at what part of the day?

A mixture of frozen gases, ice, dust, and rock that moves in an elliptical arbit around the Sun.

A force of attraction, or pull, between any two object.

Your shadow is longest at what part of the day?

Any object that orbits another larger body

A nearly circular path that an object travels around a larger object.

Rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun

A complete pass around the Sun taking 365.25 days or one year.

The moon completes on orbit around the earth every ________ days.

The Earth makes one rotation on it's axis every _________ hours.

The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line.

The Sun rises in the ______ and sets in the _______.

How long does it take for the earth to make one revolution around the Sun

Any object that orbits another larger body.