Sun-Earth-Moon Characteristics Vocabulary Review Worksheet

The star in the center of our solar system around which Earth and other planets revolve.
the third planet from the Sun; the planet on which we live
the natural satellite that revolves around our planet.
The spinning of Earth on its axis
the cycle is caused by the rotation of the Earth on it's axis; during this cycle it appears as thought the Sun moves across the sky and we experience day and night
Has gravity, Has an atmosphere, Produces light, No life, Has layers, Produces solar flares
Has gravity, Has an atmosphere, Reflects light, Has life, Has layers, Has craters, mountains, rocks and plains
Has gravity, No atmosphere; which means no rain or wind, Reflects light, No life, No layers, Has craters, mountains, rocks and plains
sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
The movement of an object around another object
Earth has seasons because because its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
Any object that orbits around another object in space
An area from which light is blocked.
An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates