The Solar System - Lesson 1

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

This allows sunlight to shine on some areas of the earth longer during certain seasons.

When it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

A complete pass around the sun.

In the evening, which direction does your shadow stretch toward?

Planets in our solar system orbit the ____________.

The nearly circular path than an object travels around a larger object.

Earth's orbit around the sun takes _______.

An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger

Which way does your shadow always stretch?

The ________ is made up by the sun and all the objects that orbit around it.

A sphere of hot gases that produces its own energy

A complete spin on the axis. Earth makes one of these every 24 hours

Any object that orbits another larger body.

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