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Solar System
7 Solar System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imaginary vertical line that goes from one pole of the Earth to the other. The Earth spins around its. | axis |
| 24 hours, the time it takes the Earth to spin once on its axis. | day |
| The planet we live on. | Earth |
| A year with 366 days in it.We have a one every 4 years. | leap year |
| 28 days – the time it takes the Moon to orbit around the Earth once. | lunar month |
| A large lump of rock orbiting around a planet. | Moon |
| The path that a planet takes around the Sun, or the path that a moon or satellite takes around a planet. | orbit |
| Anything that orbits a planet. | satellite |
| A shape like a ball. | sphere |
| The star that the Earth orbits around. | Sun |
| The length of time it takes a planet to go around the Sun. | year |
| The phase of the Moon when it looks like a bright, full circle. | full moon |
| An object that gives out light. | luminous |
| When the Moon moves into the shadow of the Earth. | lunar eclipse |
| The phase of the Moon when we cannot see the lit-up side. | new moon |
| A solar eclipse when the Moon only covers part of the Sun. | partial eclipse |
| The different shapes the Moon seems to have at different times. | phases of the Moon |
| When the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, and casts a shadow on part of the Earth. | solar eclipse |
| A solar eclipse when the Moon completely blocks out light from the Sun. | total eclipse |
| An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. | Equator |
| The two halves of a sphere – the shape you would get if you cut a solid ball in half. | hemispheres |
| The half of the Earth with the North Pole in it. | northern hemisphere |
| A small lump of rock orbiting around the Sun | asteroid |
| Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. | inner planets or rocky planets |
| Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. | outer planets or gas planets |
| A star with planets and other objects orbiting it. | solar system |
| A pattern of stars. | constellation |
| Millions of stars grouped together. | galaxy |
| The distance that light travels in one year. | light year |
| The galaxy that our Solar System is in. | Milky Way |
| A huge ball of gas that gives out heat and light energy. | star |
| All the galaxies and the space between them make up this. | Universe |
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