he earth and beyond

1. THE EARTH AND BEYOND
1. The solar system is the sun and all the object that orbit around it.
2. How many hours does it take for the earth to spin once ? 24 hours
3. Earth is a planet, the planet that we live, planet that have water and lives
on it, is our homes
4. How many planet are there ? 8 planet + 1 planet
5. The Sun is a star ? yes , because the sun are star that object produce
their energy of gas, because it can produce its own light,
6. The spin of the Earth gives us day and night
7. When part of the Earth hit the sun it gives us day
8. Use the following names to label the diagram of the solar system below.
1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Jupiter
4. Venus
5. Mercury
9. The diagram below shows the movement of the Earth around the Sun
a) What is the movement of planets around the sun called ? revolution
b) How long does it take the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun ?
365 day or 12 month

2. c) What is the rotation of the Earth ? the earth spin or rotate on its
axis
d) State the effect of this rotation. Give us day and night and season
10. A) What is a satellite ? satellites is orbiting the planet send back
important give information about weather and climate
B) What is an astronomer ? an expert in or student of astronomy, an
astronomer is called for a scientist, an anstronomer is a scientists to
learning about the solar system
C) Mention name five scientists who have contributed to development of
astronomy ? galileo galilei , albert Einstein , Johannes kepler Isaac
newton , Nicolaus copernicus