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Our Solar System Study Guide # 1
Created by ftbrady
- 1. The center of our solar system
- 2. Planet closest to the sun
- 3. Planet farthest from the sun
- 4. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
- 5. Time it takes Earth to rotate once
- 6. Time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun
- 7. Pluto, Eris, Ceres
- 8. Large, irregularly shaped rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun
- 9. bodies of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust that travel in elliptical orbits from far beyond the outermost planet to the Sun
- 10. Where most asteroids in the solar sysstem are found
- 11. Home for the shortest and longest days of the year
- 12. Days with 12 hours of daylight
- 13. Number of days between each New Moon
- 14. Phase of the Moon that is NOT visible from Earth
- 15. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
- 16. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- 17. Planets known as terrestrial planets have
- 18. Planets farther away from the Sun are the
- 19. The imaginary line through the center of a planet around which the planet rotates
- a. Neptune
- b. 24 hours / 1 day
- c. Summer & Winter Soltice
- d. asteroids
- e. 365 days
- f. Mercury
- g. dwarf planets
- h. rocky surfaces
- i. New Moon
- j. gas giants
- k. moon
- l. Asteroid Belt
- m. axis
- n. comets
- o. Sun
- p. about 30 days
- q. autumnal and vernal equinoxes
- r. inner planets
- s. outer planets
Our Solar System Study Guide # 1 (Answer Key)
Created by ftbrady
- o 1. The center of our solar system
- f 2. Planet closest to the sun
- a 3. Planet farthest from the sun
- k 4. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
- b 5. Time it takes Earth to rotate once
- e 6. Time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun
- g 7. Pluto, Eris, Ceres
- d 8. Large, irregularly shaped rocky or metallic objects that orbit the Sun
- n 9. bodies of ice, frozen gases, rock, and dust that travel in elliptical orbits from far beyond the outermost planet to the Sun
- l 10. Where most asteroids in the solar sysstem are found
- c 11. Home for the shortest and longest days of the year
- q 12. Days with 12 hours of daylight
- p 13. Number of days between each New Moon
- i 14. Phase of the Moon that is NOT visible from Earth
- r 15. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
- s 16. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- h 17. Planets known as terrestrial planets have
- j 18. Planets farther away from the Sun are the
- m 19. The imaginary line through the center of a planet around which the planet rotates
- a. Neptune
- b. 24 hours / 1 day
- c. Summer & Winter Soltice
- d. asteroids
- e. 365 days
- f. Mercury
- g. dwarf planets
- h. rocky surfaces
- i. New Moon
- j. gas giants
- k. moon
- l. Asteroid Belt
- m. axis
- n. comets
- o. Sun
- p. about 30 days
- q. autumnal and vernal equinoxes
- r. inner planets
- s. outer planets
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