solar system

Question 1

the sun does not ——-

Answer 1

move

Question 2

the earth ————— the sun

Answer 2

orbits

Question 3

the moon rotates about the earth, it takes ——- days for the moon to orbit the earth.

Answer 3

27

Question 4

there is day and night because the earth —————— —— ——— ————

Answer 4

rotates on its axis

Question 5

the sun rises in the ———— and sets in the ————

Answer 5

east, west

Question 6

————— are icy objects

Answer 6

comets

Question 7

————————— are rocky objects that are much smaller than planets

Answer 7

asteroids

Question 8

——————— are small bit of debris burning up in the earths atmosphere that we see as shooting stars

Answer 8

meteors

Question 9

a meteor that hits the earths surface is a —————————

Answer 9

meteorite

Question 10

what is a planet

Answer 10

objects that orbits stars

Question 11

how many planets do we have in our solar system

Answer 11

8

Question 12

what are the inner planets

Answer 12

mercury Venus earth and mars

Question 13

what are the outer planets

Answer 13

Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune

Question 14

the inner planets are —————— than the outer planets

Answer 14

smaller

Question 15

the inner planets are made of —————

Answer 15

rocks

Question 16

the outer planets are made of ———

Answer 16

gas

Question 17

the inner planets have —————— years

Answer 17

shorter

Question 18

the outer planets have much more ————————- than the inner planets

Answer 18

moons

Question 19

the outer planets are a-lot ——————

Answer 19

colder

Question 20

as you move away from the sun the temperature

Answer 20

decreases

Question 21

less ———— reaches the objects further away from the sun.

Answer 21

light

Question 22

Venus is hotter than mercury because…..

Answer 22

it has an atmosphere that traps energy from the sun

Question 23

the band of dust and rocks in-between jupiter and mars is called….

Answer 23

the asteroid belt

Question 24

what is the name of our closest star?

Answer 24

sun

Question 25

a star is…..

Answer 25

a massive bright sphere of very hot gas called plasma which is held together by its own gravity.

Question 26

the moon is earths only……

Answer 26

natural satellite

Question 27

a natural satellite is…

Answer 27

a space body that orbits a planet or an asteroid. the earths moon is the largest.

Question 28

the universe is…

Answer 28

infinite

Question 29

our universe is filled with trillions of

Answer 29

galaxies.

Question 30

what is a galaxy?

Answer 30

a group of stars dark matter, dust and gas held together by gravity.

Question 31

our galaxy is called the————- and is shaped like a ————- that rotates once every ———————— years

Answer 31

milky way, spiral, 200 million years

Question 32

the milky way is —————- lightyears across

Answer 32

100,000