Solar System

_________________ the motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit

• aphelion

• perihelion

• Revolution

• Orbit

The path that a body follows as it travels around another body is called an _________.

The point in the orbit that a planet is the closest to the sun is called __________

• spining

• orbit

• perihelion

• aphelion

Earth’s axis is tilted at __________.

• 21.5˚

• 22.5˚

• 24.5˚

• 23.5˚

When the North Pole tilts towards the sun, the Northern Hemisphere has longer periods of daylight than the Southern Hemisphere.

• True

• False

• May or may not be true.

• None of offered choices.

Based on the diagram, the northern hemisphere has _______

• We do not know.

• winter

• summer

• NO season at all.

Changes in the angle at which the sun’s rays strike Earth’s surface cause the seasons.

• True

• False

The hours of daylight and darkness are approximately equal everywhere on Earth that day.

This happens during an ___________

• Seasonal Weather

• equinox

• Summer Solstices

• Winter Solstices

____________=> the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible.

Every magnet has these two.

One is called the __________ and the other end is the __________.

• North Pole, South Pole

• Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere

• West Pole, South Pole

• North Pole, East Pole