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The solar system is a set of interrelated and ______
interdependent elements that are connected through the flow of matter and energy
Our ___ is the center of our solar system
sun
the ____ revolve around the sun
planets
Our solar system is made up of eight planets; list them
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Order the planets according to distance from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What are the terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
What are the gas giants
Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune
order the planets from smallest to largest
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
____ is the 3rd planet from the sun
Earth
Earth has large amounts of ____
water
Earth has a ____ ____ atmosphere
oxygen rich
Earth is one of the 4 ____ ____ planets
rocky inner
Earth is known to have ____ on the planet
life
The moon can be described as a small, ____ ____
rocky satellite
the moon has ____ temperatures
extreme
the moon has no _____, ______, or ____
atmosphere, water, life
the moon is ____-_____ the diameter of Earth
one quarter
the moon is ____-____ the mass of Earth
one eighteenth
The sun is an average-sized ___ ___
yellow star
The sun is about ___ times the diameter of Earth
110
The sun is ___ years old
4.6 billion
The sun is made of ___ and ___
gas, helium
Tides are caused by the pull of the ___ ___
moon’s gravity
Tides occur every ___ hours
12
There are ___ tides (lots of water) and ___ tides (lower water levels)
high, low
The spinning motion of an object on its axis
Rotation
It takes Earth ___ hours to rotate
24
An object moving in a circular motion around another object
Revolution
It takes Earth ____ days to revolve around the Sun
365
It takes the moon ___ days to revolve around the Earth
28
The phases of the Moon are caused by the moon’s
position relative to the Earth and Sun
__ are caused by the tilting of the Earth as it revolves around the sun
seasons
when our continent is tilted toward the sun we will have ____ temperatures
warmer