Solar System Review 1

Solar System Review

Blast Off And Prepare For Our Test!

Vocabulary Words To Know

• Sun: a star at the center of our solar system

• Moon: small planet-like body that orbits Earth

• Planet: large object that orbits the sun

• Star: a huge burning ball of superheated gases

Multiple Choice

Small planet-like body that orbits the Earth

• Sun

• Planet

• Moon

• Star

Vocabulary Words To Know

• Galaxy: a large system of stars, gas, and dust

• Universe: everything that exists in space

• Orbit: Earth's path as it moves around the sun

• Axis: imaginary line that goes through both poles of a planet

Fill in the Blanks

A large system of stars, gas, and dust

Earth and Moon

• Moon has different phases, or shapes

• Earth rotates around its axis once a day, creating day and night

• Earth is tilted on its axis creating seasons

Multiple Choice

What is another word for different shapes of the moon?

• constellations

• orbits

• phases

Planets

• Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system

• Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Multiple Select

Check off all of the outer planets.

• Mars

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Earth

Sun and Stars

• Hydrogen and helium are gases that make up the sun

• A star's color tells how hot it is. Blue=hottest and Red=coolest

• Stars seem to change position because as Earth orbits the sun, we see different parts of space

Multiple Choice

Stars seems to change positions in the sky because...

• we see different parts of the stars at different times of the year

• we see different parts of space at different times of the year

• we see different parts of the sun at different times of the year