The Solar System And Beyond Flashcards
(27 cards)
The sun and all objects that orbit is the ???
Solar system
A ??? Is any object that orbits another larger body
Satellite
A ??? Is a large round object in space that or it’s a star
Planet
??? Is the 1st planet from the sun
Mercury
??? Is the second planet from the sun
Venus
??? Is the 3rd planet from the sun
Earth
??? Is the 4th planet from the sun
Mars
??? Is the 5th planet from the sun
Jupiter
??? Is the 6th planet from the sun
Saturn
??? Is the 7th planet from the sun
Uranus
??? Is the 8th planet from the sun
Neptune
??? Planets are made of rock and ice and their orbits cross the paths of other space objects
Dwarf planets
The ??? Is the center of the solar system
Sun
??? And ??? Keep the Earth and all other planets in orbit around the sun
Gravity and Inertia
The ??? Is the only natural satellite
Moon
The moons gravity affects the Earth because it causes the Earths ???
Tides
When half the Earth faces the sun we are having ???
Daylight
When half the Earth faces away from the sun we are having ???
Darkness
??? Is the way something seems to move
Apparent Motion
As the Earth rotates West to East objects appear to move from ???
East to West
The sun does not ???
Move
Earths orbit around the sun takes ??? Days or one year
365 1/4
The ??? Happen because of both of Earths tilted axis and it’s revolution around the sun
Seasons
When the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun it is having??? And the Southern hemisphere is having summer
Winter
