The Solar System And Beyond Lesson 1 Flashcards
The path one object travels around anther object
Orbit
The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass
Gravity
The tendency of an object to keep moving in a straight line
Interia
One complete trip of one object around another object
Revoulution
A complete spin on an axis
Rotation
An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger
Telescope
The sun and all objects orbit around it is called the
Solar systems
A is any object that orbits another 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 2 nd planet from the sun
Venus
Is the 3nd planet from the sun
Earth
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 objects
Dwarf planets
The center of the solar system
Sun
And keep the earth and all other planets in orbit around the sun
Gravity and interia
The is the only natural satellite of the earth
Moon
The moons gravity affects the earth 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
Apperent motion
As the earth rotates from west to east objects appear to move from
East to wast
The sun does not
Move
Earths orbit around the sun takes days or one year
365 1/4
The happenings because of both the earths tilted axis and its revolution around the sun
Seasons
When the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun it’s is having and the sourthern hemisphere is having summer
Winter
When the northern hemisphere is having the sourthern hemisphere is having winter
Summer
The northern hemisphere summer solstice occurs around each year
June 21
The northern hemisphere winter solstice occurs around
December 21
