Solar System Study Guide

Earth spins or ______ on its axis once every 24 hours

• rotates

• spins

• orbit

Earth and the other planets _____ or move around the sun

• constellation

• orbit

• star

A ___ is a group of stars that form a pattern or picture

• constellation

• moon

• phases

The sun and the space objects that move around it make up our _____ _____

• moon

• star

• solar system

The closest star to Earth is the ____

• star

• moon

• sun

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all examples of ____

• plants

• planets

• rotates

The sun is an example of a ____

• planet

• astroid

• star

The way the moon appears to change shape is known as its

• rotation

• phases

• gravity

An object that orbits the Earth is the

• asteroi

• sun

• moon

We can't see stars during the day because the moon shines too brightly

• true

• false