4th Grade Chapter 8 Solar System

Meteoroids created most of the moons

• clouds

• craters

• stars

The sun is near the center of the

• earth

• stars

• solar system

The sun appears to rise and set once every time Earth completes on

• rotation

• year

• revolution

In each complete orbit around Earth, the moon cycles through all of its

• constellation

• gravity

• phases

The moon casts a shadow on earth during a

• solar eclipse

• observation

• crater

Today, scientists study space using many kinds of

• windows

• telescopes

• microscopes

Each year, Earth completes on of these around the sun

• gravity

• solar system

• revolution

The force that pulls planets toward the sun is

• gravity

• energy

• rotations

Draco is the name of a pattern of stars in a

• dot to dot

• phase

• constellation

Hot glowing spheres of gas that give off energy are called

• moons

• stars

• planets