The Solar System And Beyond Lesson 1

Question 1

The path one object travels around another object

Answer 1

Orbit

Question 2

The force of attraction between any to objects due to their mass

Answer 2

Gravity

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Inertia

Question 4

One complete trip of one object around another object

Answer 4

Revolution

Question 5

A complete spin on an axis

Answer 5

Rotation

Question 6

An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger

Answer 6

Telescope

Question 7

The sun and all objects that orbit around it is called the

Answer 7

Solar system

Question 8

A ____is any objects that orbits around a larger body

Answer 8

Satellite

Question 9

A________is a large, round object in space that orbits a star

Answer 9

Planet

Question 10

_____is the 1st planet from the sun

Answer 10

Mercury

Question 11

________is the 2nd planet from the sun

Answer 11

Venus

Question 12

______ is the 3rd planet from the sun

Answer 12

Earth

Question 13

As the earth rotates from west to east objects appear to move from

Answer 13

East to west

Question 14

________is the 4th planet from the sun

Answer 14

Mars

Question 15

_______is the 5th planet from the sun

Answer 15

Jupiter

Question 16

________is the 6th planet from the sun

Answer 16

Saturn

Question 17

__________is the 7th planet from the sun

Answer 17

Uranus

Question 18

_________is the 8th planet from the sun

Answer 18

Neptune

Question 19

_______planets are made of rock and ice and their orbits cross the paths of other space objects

Answer 19

Dwarf planets

Question 20

The ________is the center of the solar system

Answer 20

Sun

Question 21

_________and________keep the Earth and all other planets in orbit around the sun

Answer 21

Gravity and inertia

Question 22

The _______is the only natural satellite of the Earth

Answer 22

Moon

Question 23

The moon gravity affects the Earyh because it causes the Earths

Answer 23

Tides

Question 24

When half of the Earths surface faces the sun we are having

Answer 24

Daylight

Question 25

When half of the Earths surface faces away from the sun we are having

Answer 25

Darkness

Question 26

_______is the way something seems to move

Answer 26

Apparent motion

Question 27

The sun does not

Answer 27

Move

Question 28

Earths orbit around the sun takes______days or one year

Answer 28

365 1/4

Question 29

The ________happen because of both the earths tilted axis and its revolution around the sun

Answer 29

Seasons

Question 30

When the northern hemisphere til it’s away from the sun it is having ______and the southern hemisphere is having summer

Answer 30

Winter

Question 31

When the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun it is having_______and the southern hemisphere is having winter

Answer 31

Summer

Question 32

The northern hemisphere summer solstice occurs around_________every year

Answer 32

June 21

Question 33

The northern hemisphere winter solstice occurs around

Answer 33

December 21