8.4 Space 5.1

Name the Planets in order from FARTHEST from the sun to CLOSEST to the sun.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Mars, Uranus, Mercury, Jupiter

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

During which portion of the Earth's revolution around the Sun is the Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the Sun?

• Vernal equinox

• Summer solstice

• Winter solstice

• Autumnal equinox

What is the approximate percentage of the Earth that is illuminated by the Sun at any given time?

• 90%

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

When the Earth is closest to the Sun and the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, we will be experiencing what season?

• Summer

• Fall (Autumn)

• Winter

• Spring

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• rotation

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• Earth's rotation

• the revolution of the Moon

• Earth's distance from the Sun

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day

• constellations

• Earth's seasons

• the phases of the moon

How far is the Earth from the Sun?

• 93,000,000 miles

• 120,000,000 miles

• 34,000 miles

• 26 miles

How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 246

• 213

• 365

• 576

What temperature (degrees F) is the surface of the sun?

• 9,000 degrees

• 11,000 degrees

• 10,000 degrees

• 4,000 degrees