Chapter: Beyond Earth

Objects in space or celestial bodies that go around a central star.

• orbit

• planets

• sun

Imaginary route around the sun.

• orbit

• sun

• rocks

The solar system has _________ planets.

• 4

• 6

• 8

The sun is the only celestial body in our solar system that makes its own light.

• True

• False

The sun is...

• the closest star to Earth.

• a dwarf planet.

The sun is the center of the solar system.

• True

• False

We live on ______________.

• Mercury

• Earth

• Neptune

The sun is a _____________.

• planet

• rock

• star

The continuous movement of a body around an axis.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

Is the name for the movement of the planets around the sun.

• rotation

• planet

• revolution