A large ball of rock or gas that moves around the sun.

What is the center of the solar system?

The 8 planets move in paths around the sun. Each path is called ____________.

A huge ball of hot gases.

Which of the following gives off light and heat energy?

A group of stars that forms a pattern is called a _____________.

Earth is a ____________ in the solar system.

When is the only time you can see most stars?

How many moons on earth?

What is an astronomer?

Earth is just one _________ orbiting the sun.

The sun is just one__________ in a galaxy with billions of stars.

The sun and the planets make up the ___________.

Our solar system is made up of the ____________.

_______________ Earths could fit inside the sun.

The sun is a star, a bright, and ______________ .

The sun is a star, a bright, hot ball of gas, ___________ of our solar system.

A solar system is made up of ______________ that orbit that star.

Planets are large balls of rock or gas that orbit a star.

Earth is the only planet to have liquid water.

Jupiter gives off more energy than it receives.

Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system.

All eight planets in the solar system have the same characteristics.

Each one of the eight planets has unique characteristics.

Our moon is ___________ the size of Earth.

Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons that orbit them.

The earth's moon is an unusually large moon compared to its planet.

Scientists have decided that Pluto is actually a dwarf planet, which is a small planet-like object.

There are other dwarf planets in our solar system, but Pluto is one of the largest.

Planets orbit the sun in ______________.

The planets move in slightly ___________around the sun

The planets stay in these orbits because of the sun's _______________ .

The closer a planet is to the sun, the faster the planet moves in its orbit.

How long does it take Earth to rotate or make one complete turn?

The umbrella's shadow shows that it is ______ .

The part of the Earth facing the sun has _____.

It takes 24 hours for Earth to _____ one time.

Which thing rotates like Earth?

How many times does the sun seem to rise in one week?

This picture shows the shadow of an umbrella at noon. What will happen to the shadow in the late afternoon?

Raul wants to show what causes night and day. He uses a lamp in his model. What does the lamp most likely model?

How long does Earth take to rotate once?