Chapter 8

Question 1

Does the sun move in the sky?

Answer 1

No, the sun does not move

Question 2

What causes day and night

Answer 2

The Earth’s rotation

Question 3

How many hours does it take for the earth to make one complete turn on its axis

Answer 3

24

Question 4

It takes 24 hours for the earths big how many complete turns on its axis

Answer 4

One complete turn

Question 5

It takes 24 hours with or to make one complete turn on what

Answer 5

Its axis

Question 6

How does the earth go around the sun

Answer 6

It revolves

Question 7

The earth revolves around the sun in a regular path called an?

Answer 7

Orbit

Question 8

What are the four seasons

Answer 8

The four seasons are winter spring summer and fall

Question 9

Why do seasons change?

Answer 9

Seasons change as the earth revolves because of the earths tilted axis

Question 10

The sun is a:

Answer 10

Star

Question 11

The sun is about how many degrees Fahrenheit

Answer 11

59 million. Degrees Fahrenheit

Question 12

Three reasons why the sun is important to the earth

Answer 12

1. It keeps the earth warm.
2. it makes life on earth possible.
3. it provides the earth energy

Question 13

What is a large body of rock or gas with with a nearly round shape that revolves around the star

Answer 13

A planet

Question 14

How many planets are there in the solar system

Answer 14

Eight

Question 15

Do all planets rotate?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Do all planets revolve in a nearly circular orbit?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

How many days does it take for the earth to complete one orbit

Answer 17

365

Question 18

Before closest planet to the sun are what

Answer 18

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

Question 19

What are two things all inner planets have in common?

Answer 19

They are all close to the sun
They are all small
They are all solid

Question 20

Largest planet is what

Answer 20

Jupiter

Question 21

The planet closest to the sun is

Answer 21

Mercury

Question 22

Which planet is the only planet that rotates sideways

Answer 22

Uranus

Question 23

What planet is the hottest planet in the solar system

Answer 23

Venus

Question 24

The four outer planets are

Answer 24

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune

Question 25

The outer planets are largely made up of

Answer 25

Gases

Question 26

To tool scientist use to study the planets are

Answer 26

Telescopes and space probes or spacecrafts

Question 27

The moon is a what or ball of rock

Answer 27

Sphere

Question 28

The moon is a sphere or a ball of what

Answer 28

Rock

Question 29

What is earths closest neighbor in space?

Answer 29

The moon is earths closest neighbor in space

Question 30

What is it called if it revolves around another larger object in space

Answer 30

Satellite is anything that revolves around another larger object in space

Question 31

List the eight main phases of the moon

Answer 31

``` New moon Crescent moon First quarter moon Gibbous moon Full moon Gibbous moon Last quarter moon Crescent moon ```

Question 32

Does the moon make its own light

Answer 32

It does not

Question 33

How many days does the moon cycle happen

Answer 33

The moon cycle happens about every 29 1/2 days

Question 34

What are two ways the moon is different from the earth?

Answer 34

``` No liquid water Covered by craters No life No atmosphere Smaller than earth ```

Question 35

What is a hollow area or pit in the ground

Answer 35

A crater is a hollow area or pit in the ground

Question 36

Sun earth and moon are all part of the

Answer 36

Solar system

Question 37

The earth does what like a giant top in space

Answer 37

Rotates or spins

Question 38

A machine that leaves Earth and travels through space

Answer 38

Space probe

Question 39

Rotate

Answer 39

To spin

Question 40

Move around another thing or object

Answer 40

Revolve

Question 41

Each shape of the moon we see

Answer 41

Phase

Question 42

A system made up of stars and other objects that move around it

Answer 42

Solar system

Question 43

A large body of rock or gas with nearly round shape that revolves around the sun

Answer 43

Planet

Question 44

A group of stars that seem to form a picture

Answer 44

Constellation

Question 45

A line through the center of a spinning object

Answer 45

Axis

Question 46

The regular path one object takes around another

Answer 46

Orbit

Question 47

A ball of hot glowing gases

Answer 47

Star

Question 48

A hollow pit in the ground

Answer 48

Crater

Question 49

a tool to make far away objects appear large and closer.

Answer 49

Telescope