Understanding God's World Quiz 19

List the inner planets.

List the outer planets.

Match the following

• planet

• a star and all the heavenly objects that orbit it (p. 439)

• solar system

•  to spin (p. 443)

• revolve

• heavenly body that orbits a star (p. 439)

• rotate

• to orbit a central point (p. 444)

Match the following

• galaxy

• instrument that uses the earth's position to tell time (p. 444)

• sundial

• huge star system (p. 437)

• spiral

• shape of the Milky Way galaxy (p. 437)

• constellation

• group of stars that forms a picture (p. 436)

The earth's _______ __ ___ ____ gives us our 24-hour day. (p. 443)

• revolution around the sun
• tilt of the earth's axis
• gravitational pull of the moon
• rotation on its axis

 The ____ helps us divide our year into 12 months. (p. 447)

• stars

• moon

• sun

• planets

The earth's ____ __ ___ ____ gives us our seasons. (p. 446)

• rotation of the earth
• tilt on its axis

• distance from the sun
• shape of the earth's orbit

Our solar system is part of the ______ ___ galaxy. (p. 437)

• Andromeda
• Triangulum
• Whirlpool
• Milky Way

The earth's ________ _____ ___ ____ gives us our year. (p.445)

• tilt of the axis
• rotation of the moon
• revolution around the sun

• revolution around the earth