The Solar System And Beyond Lesson 1 Flashcards
The path one object travels around another object
Orbit
The force of attraction between any to objects due to their mass
Gravity
The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line
Inertia
One complete trip of one object around another object
Revolution
A complete spin on an axis
Rotation
An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger
Telescope
The sun and all objects that orbit around it is called the
Solar system
A ____is any objects that orbits around a larger body
Satellite
A________is a large, round object in space that orbits a star
Planet
_____is the 1st planet from the sun
Mercury
________is the 2nd planet from the sun
Venus
______ is the 3rd planet from the sun
Earth
As the earth rotates from west to east objects appear to move from
East to west
________is the 4th planet from the sun
Mars
_______is the 5th planet from the sun
Jupiter
________is the 6th planet from the sun
Saturn
__________is the 7th planet from the sun
Uranus
_________is the 8th planet from the sun
Neptune
_______planets are made of rock and ice and their orbits cross the paths of other space objects
Dwarf planets
The ________is the center of the solar system
Sun
_________and________keep the Earth and all other planets in orbit around the sun
Gravity and inertia
The _______is the only natural satellite of the Earth
Moon
The moon gravity affects the Earyh because it causes the Earths
Tides
When half of the Earths surface faces the sun we are having
Daylight
When half of the Earths surface faces away from the sun we are having
Darkness
_______is the way something seems to move
Apparent motion
The sun does not
Move
Earths orbit around the sun takes______days or one year
365 1/4
The ________happen because of both the earths tilted axis and its revolution around the sun
Seasons
When the northern hemisphere til it’s away from the sun it is having ______and the southern hemisphere is having summer
Winter
When the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun it is having_______and the southern hemisphere is having winter
Summer
The northern hemisphere summer solstice occurs around_________every year
June 21
The northern hemisphere winter solstice occurs around
December 21
