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Lolo's Chapter 7 Rev

Sun, Moon, and Planets

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To Spin around rotate
This causes the Earth's night and day rotation
An imaginary line drawn betwenn the North pole and the South pole axis
The earth rotates around this imaginary line axis
The Earth's axis is not straight up and down. It is tilted
To move in a circular path around something else revolve
The Earths trip around the Sun takes 365 and 1/4 days or one year. This journey around the Sun is the Earth's orbit
The Moon does not make its own light. It reflects light from the Sun onto the Earth
A hollow area or pit in the ground crater
A hot glowing sphere of gases that gives off energy sun
These are satellites of the sun planets
The combination of the Sun the Earth the other planets and all their moons. the solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars the Inner Planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune the Outer Planets
This is the largest planet Jupiter
This is the smallest planet Mercury
Chunks of rock and metal that orbit the Sun asteroid
A chunk of ice and rock that orbits the Sun in a long, narrow orbit comet
A fragment of rock, ice, or metal that burns up in Earth's atmosphere. meteor
A pattern or picture outlined by stars Constellations
A planet _____ in an orbit around the Sun revolves
The _____ includes the Sun, planets, and other objects. solar system
Between Mars adn Jupiter lies the _____ belt. asteroid
People group stars into _____. constellations
A(n) ____ is a "dirty snowball" that orbits the sun. comet
Earth _____, which is why we have night and day. rotates
"Shooting Stars" are in fact ______, chunks of rock or metal. meteors
A planets rotates around its _______. axis
The Sun is the _____ closest to Earth. star
An oject that strikes the surface of the moon or planet makes a(n) ___________. crater
Planets with rings include _______. all the gas giants
The gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
After a waxing gibbous Moon, the next phase is a(n) last quarter moon
We see the sun rise and set because Earth rotates on its axis
The hottest of the planets is Venus
Moonlightis made by the Sun
Popular Earth Science sets

 

 



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