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Solar System Study Guide Here are the questions we will be discussing at school: *Students will be required to draw and label the solar system. Essential Question: 1. What patterns can be observed in our solar system? Answer: There are many patterns in the solar system. The sun rising and setting each day is a pattern. There is a full moon each month. 2. What are the positions of the The planets in order from the sun are planets in relationship to the sun? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto is still in the solar system but no longer considered a planet. 3. How can models be used to We can draw a picture of the solar explain how our solar system works? system showing the order of the planets.* We can make a model of the solar system using different balls of different sizes. Vocabulary: Word: solar system sun planet What it means: The sun and all the things that revolve around it. (planets, comets, asteroids, but not stars.) The sun is the only star in our solar system. The only star in our solar system. A large ball of rock or gas that revolves around the sun Example: The Earth is a planet that revolves around the sun. It is part of the solar system. The sun gives us heat and light. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are planets. Pluto is now a dwarf planet, but still part of the solar system. moon pattern A ball of rock that revolves around a planet. Something that happens over and over again that can be predicted. rotate To spin. revolve To move around another object. A small copy of something. model The moon goes around the Earth. Day and night is a pattern. The moon phases change throughout the month. The Earth rotates or spins on its axis once a day. The Earth revolves around the sun. You can use balls to make a model of the solar system.