Space

Space

1. The Solar System

   • 8 planets
     • Mecury
     • Venus
     • Earth
     • Mars
     • Jupiter
     • Saturn
     • Uranus
     • Neptune

2. Night and Day

   • Earth rotates on axis
     • 24 hours
   • Point toward sun
     • Day
   • Number of daylight hours vary depending on time of year
     • Earths axis 20

3. Seasons

   • 365 to orbit sun
   • Different hemispheres point toward sun at different times of year
     • Earths tilt on axis
   • Surface areas
   • See diagram

4. Position of sun in the sky

   • North, East, South
   • See diagram

5. The Moon

   • 27 days to orbit earth
   • Spins on its axis once during an orbit
   • Most planets have moons
   • Natural satellite
   • Does not produce light

6. Satellites

   • Anything that orbits something
   • Natural and Artificial

7. Eclipse

   • Perfectly alligned
   • Solar
     • Moon between sun and Earth
   • Lunar
     • Moon directly behind earth in relation to sun
   • Diagram