Solar System & Stars

What do all of our planets have in common ?

Which are the inner planets?

In comparison to other stars in the sky, the Sun appears brighter because it is.....

Which is the best use of a telescope?

The _________ gravitational attraction keeps Earth and all the other planets in orbit.

The outer planets are best described as which of the following?

________________ is a force of attraction, or pull, between any two objects.

Which statement is true regarding the relationship among the Sun, Earth, and Moon?

How many of the stars, visible in the night sky, are closer to Earth than the Sun?

The only star you can observe during the daytime is the ______________.

Although the stars appear to change position, their positions within constellations ___ change

On what basis are constellations named and identified?

_________________ is the tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line.

Which of the following planets would you pass right before reaching Mars ?

Which of the following correctly describes a common characteristic of all planets?

The planets travel in ______________________, or nearly circular, orbits around the Sun.

Which are the gas planets?

Why do we see different constellations in the sky depending on the time of year?

A _________ is any object that orbits a larger body.

Which term describes an object that varies in size and is made up of brightly shining gases?

List Planets in the correct order.

True or False: Most of the Earth's energy comes from the sun.

Appearance of constellations changes ? as the seasons change due to Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

What is a natural satellite of Earth?

People in ancient cultures saw patterns in the stars. They called these patterns _________.

At the center of the solar system is the ________, the most massive object in our solar system.

True or False: The Sun is closer to Earth than other stars

Which statement is true about the sun?

The stars appear to move because of Earth’s _______

Which of the following planets would you pass right before reaching Neptune?

The Sun appears to move across the sky (sunrise to sunset) due to what?

Earth is pulled toward Sun because of gravity. Earth’s ___ makes it move away from the Sun.

How do objects appear when viewing them from a telescope?

The Sun and all the objects that orbit it make up our __________ ______________.

A constellation appears in eastern sky at sunset in December and disappears in western sky in May. What causes this?

Which statements are true?

Which of the following planets would you pass right before reaching Saturn?

Despite its distance from Earth, ___ powers everything from living systems to Earth’s weather.

The outer planets are the four planets farthest from the Sun. What are these outer planets?

Which statement best describes the orbital relationship among the Sun, Earth, and Moon?

How can you remember the planet order?

What is the sun?

How long does it take Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

Which statement is true about the revolution of Earth around the Sun?

From nearest to farthest from the Sun, the planets are...

Today, astronomers divide the sky into ___________ constellations.

The ________ is a satellite that orbits Earth.

A ___________________ is a sphere of hot gases that gives off light and heat.

Which of the following planets would you pass right before reaching Jupiter?

How long does it take the Earth to rotate once on its axis?

The orbital motions of the objects in the solar system occur due to ___ of the Sun?

A _______ is a large, round object in space that orbits a star.