Space

• what is the sun made out of
• What happens when the sun gets further away from planets?

  Their temp decerases
• What does the length of year depend on?

  The time taken to orbit the sun
• What does the length of day depend on?

  The time taken to rotate on axis
• What are the four inner planets made out of?

  solid rock
• What are the 4 outer planets made out of?

  gas
• What is the smallest planet?

  pluto
• What is the biggest planet?

  Jupiter
• How does the sun produce energy?

  nuclear fusion
• Why does the earth have seasons?

  Tilt of Earth's axis
• is Pluto a planet?

  pluto is a dwarf planet with a very elliptical orbit
• What does elliptical mean?

  oval orbit
• What is a galaxy?

  A group of millions of stars
• What is our galaxy called?

  Milky Way
• What type of galaxy is ours?

  spiral galaxy
• What are the seasons?

  Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn, Winter
• What are the planets?

  Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• What does orbit mean?


  when the earth moves round the sun
• What does rotate mean?

  spinning around on its own axis
• What is a lunar month?

  28 days
• What way does the earth rotate?

  anticlockwise
• When it is summer in the northern hemisphere what is it in the southern?

  Winter
• When the sun is tilted low down it is?

  winter
• When the sun is high up it is?

  summer
• What is the length of earths year?

  365.25 days
• • the earth takes one year to complete one orbit of the sun
  • the Earth takes one day to spin on its axis
  • the moon travels round the earth every month
• In june the North Pole is facing towards?

  The Sun
• In summer?

  the days are long and the nights are short
• In winter?

  the days are short and the nights are long