Earth and Its Place in Our Solar System

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

• comet

• planet

• orbit

• axis

A _ is a chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun.

• planet

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• eclipse

When the moons shadow falls on Earth and blocks sunlight we see a _.

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• new moon

• full moon

The Earth _ around its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

• erupts

• phases

A _ is a large ball of dust and ice that orbits the sun

• planet

• asteroid

• comet

• meteoroid

A _ is a hot, bright, ball of gas.

• comet

• star

• planet

• solar system

The moon has _ that make it appear to change shape.

• phases

• moods

• rotation

• axis

The imaginary line that runs through the North Pole and South Pole is it's ...

• orbit

• gravity

• rotation

• axis

The movement of the Earth around the sun is its _.

• rotation

• revolution

• eclipse

• phase

The _ is made of the sun and all the objects that orbit around it.

• moon phases

• solar system

• rotation

• orbit