Solar System

The spinning of an object on its axis is called _____________. 

• revolution
• rotation
• orbit
• a top

The ____________ is the sun and the objects that orbit around it. 

• Earth
• planet
• solar system
• axis

The ______________ is a star that is the center of our solar system. 

• moon
• sun
• Earth
• planet

___________________ is the movement of one object around another object. 

• Rotation
• Orbit
• Revolution
• Axis

_______________ is the PATH an object takes as it moves around another object in space. 

• rotation
• orbit
• revolution
• axis

The ________________ is an imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and the South Pole. 

• rotation
• axis
• revolution
• planet

A __________________ is a large body of rock or gas that orbits the sun. 

• axis
• solar system
• planet
• orbit

The Earth makes a complete rotation every _________________. 

• 7 days
• 365 days
• 24 hours
• hour

The Earth makes a complete revolution every 

• hour
• day
• week
• year

True or False: It is daytime when the Earth is facing away from the sun. 

• True
• False