Gravity pulls objects...

• upward to Earth's atmosphere

• downward to the center of the Earth

• eastward to Earth's Oceans

• westward to Earth's surface

What causes day and night?

• Earth's structure

• Earth revolving around the su

• Earth's rotation on it's axis

• Earth's gravitational pull

What causes our seasons here on Earth?

• Stars in our universe

• Our revolution around the moon

• Earth's tilted axis and our rotation

• The revolution of Earth around the sun and Earth's tilted axis

This is the first planet from the Sun; it is very hot in the day and very cold in the night.

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

• Jupiter

The fifth planet from the Sun; this is the LARGESTplanet in the Solar System.

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Earth

• Neptune

These are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars).

• inner planets

• outer planets

• dwarf planets

• solar planets

This is the nearest star to Earth.

• the moon

• the planet of Mars

• the asteroid belt

• the sun

These are the four planets FARTHEST from the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

• inner planets

• outer planets

• solar planets

• the best planets

The time it takes for the Earth to Orbit the Sun

• year

• orbit

• a month

• 7 months

The Earth goes around the Sun in a large circular path called an

• rotate

• spin

• orbit

• rotation