Science Review Vocabulary Week 1 WS Practice #1

To turn around an axis or center point; which causes day and night on Earth

• resolve

• revolve

• rotate

• orbit

To move in a circular orbit; such as the Earth going around the sun

• rotate

• turn

• revolve

• resolution

The 4 inner planets of the solar system that are made up of solid, rocky material.

• Gas Giants

• Territorial

• Transparent

• Terrestrial

Our ____________ is made up of 8 planets that orbit around the sun.

• solar system

• Earth

• galaxy

• atmosphere

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are considered this type of planet.

• terrestrial

• gas giant

• inner

• rocky

The gasses that surround a planet are called

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Earth's takes about 365 days around the sun. What is it?

• rotation

• duration

• orbit

• translation

Earth's __________, its liquid water, and its distance from the sun make it ideal for life to exist.

• axis

• atmosphere

• layers

• surface

The 4 terrestrial planets are

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Neptune, Jupiter, Earth, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Pluto

Astronomers once believed Earth was the center of our ____________.

• universe

• galaxy

• moon

• solar system