Earth & Space

How many planets are in our Solar System?

• 3

• 5

• 9

• 8

A medium sized star made of hot gases that is the center of our solar system.

• Comet

• Sun

• Earth

• Moon

What is the correct order of the INNER PLANETS?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter

Different parts of the year where nature and the weather changes based on Earth’s tilt and where the it is located during its revolution around the sun.

• moon phases

• months

• seasons

 Small objects that revolve around the sun made of ice, frozen gases, and dust.

• asteroids

• comets

• planets

• moons

 Groups of stars that form a pattern or design in the night sky.

• moon phases

• constellation

• stars

• sun

The last 4 larger planets located AFTER the asteroid belt in our solar system are the furthest from the sun, and are mostly made of gas with thick atmospheres.

• the inner planets

• the outer planets

Imaginary line that goes through a planet that tell us how the planet rotates, or spins around itself.

• axis

• orbit

• gravity

One complete turn of one object around another object; such as Earth's movement around the sun. 

• revolution
• rotation
• inner planet
• solar system 

The spinning of a planet on its axis. 

• rotation
• revolution
• axis
• moon