| A | B |
|---|
| outer most planet | Pluto |
| planet nearest the sun | Mercury |
| time it takes to orbit the sun once | a year |
| force of attraction in the solar system | gravity |
| it gives out light | a luminous object |
| Earth's shadow covering the moon | lunar eclipse |
| Moon blocking out the sun | solar eclipse |
| They said the planets orbited the sun | Copernicus & Galileo |
| Evidence Earth is a sphere | Mast top seen last as ship sails away |
| the moon is Earth's | natural satellite |
| the time to complete one rotation on own axis | a day |
| number of planets in the solar system | nine |
| our galaxy | The Milky Way |
| tilt of the Earth's axis/angle of light | helps to cause seasons |
| used for communications | telecommunication satellites |
| sun rises here | the east |
| this star stays still in the night sky | pole star |
| it is shortest on the longest day | your shadow |
| the largest planet | Jupiter |
| the first man on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
