Name:________________________ Date:__________________ Period:______

Chapter 2.1: The Sun, Earth, and Moon

Vocabulary Words

1. Solar System: __________________________________________________________________

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2. Orbit: ________________________________________________________________________
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3. Satellite: ______________________________________________________________________
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4. Axis: _________________________________________________________________________
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5. Rotation: _____________________________________________________________________
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6. Revolution: ___________________________________________________________________
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7. Arctic Circle: _________________________________________________________________

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8. Antarctic Circle: _______________________________________________________________

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9. Solstice: ______________________________________________________________________
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10. Tropic of Cancer: ______________________________________________________________

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11. Tropic of Capricorn: ___________________________________________________________
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12. Equinoxes: ____________________________________________________________________

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13. Atmosphere: __________________________________________________________________

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14. Ozone: _______________________________________________________________________

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Name: Miss Steele KEY Date:__________________ Period:______

Chapter 2.1: The Sun, Earth, and Moon

Vocabulary Words

1. Solar System: The Sun and all of the objects that move around it.

2. Orbit: An object’s path around the sun.

3. Satellite: An object (body) that orbits around another object (body).

4. Axis: An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the Earth’s center to the
South Pole.

5. Rotation: One complete spin of the Earth. One Day.

6. Revolution: The Earth moving around the Sun. One Year.

7. Arctic Circle: Line of latitude located at 66.5º north of the equator and circles the
North Pole.

8. Antarctic Circle: Line of latitude located at 66.5º south of the equator and circles the
South Pole.

9. Solstice: Sun’s rays are furthest from the equator.

10. Tropic of Cancer: Line of latitude 23.5º north of the equator.

11. Tropic of Capricorn: Line of latitude 23.5º south of the equator.

12. Equinoxes: Sun’s rays strike the equator directly.

13. Atmosphere: Layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.

14. Ozone: Layer in the atmosphere that protects us from solar radiation.


Name:________________________ Date:__________________ Period:______

Chapter 2.1: The Sun, Earth, and Moon

Chapter Scavenger Hunt
The Solar System (Page 17-18)

The _______________________________ consists of the Sun, the planets, their moons,

and asteroids.

The Sun is a ________________________ at the center of the solar system.

Every object in the solar system __________________________ the sun.

List the planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest from the sun:

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

ASTEROID BELT

5. ________________________________

6. ________________________________

7. ________________________________

8. ________________________________

9. ________________________________


 The Moon (Page 18)

How many moons does Saturn have? _____________________________

The moon is a _________________________________ because it orbits a larger object.

The moon takes _________________________ days to orbit the Earth.

The ____________________________________ of the Sun and Moon cause tides in the

oceans on Earth.

The Sun (Page 18)

The Sun is ___________________________ compared to other stars.

The Sun is ___________________________ compared to the Earth.

Earth (Page 19-20)

Di erences in _________________________________________ help tell geographers

why di erent regions are cold and di erent regions are hot.

The Earth spins on its _______________________, which is an imaginary line that

runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Rotation (Page 19)

One complete spin of the Earth is called a ________________________________.

One rotation equals ______________ day, or __________________ hours.

Revolution (Page 19)

When the Earth orbits around the Sun is called a __________________________.

One year on Earth is ______________________ days.

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________________________________.

Tilt (Page 19-20)

The Earth’s axis is tiled at a _____________________ degree angle.

Solar Energy and Latitude (Page 20)

The angle the Earth is tiled at a ects the ______________________________________.

The line of latitude 66.5º NORTH of the equator is called the

_______________________________ and the line of latitude 66.5º SOUTH of the equator is

called the ______________________________________________.

The Seasons (Page 20-21)

As the Earth orbits the Sun, the seasons __________________________.

Solstice (Page 21)

When the Sun’s vertical rays are furthest from the equator is called a

________________________________.

The line of latitude 23.5º NORTH of the equator is called the

_________________________________ and the line of latitude 23.5º SOUTH of the equator is

called the ______________________________________________.

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Equinox (Page 21)

Halfway between summer and winter there is an ______________________________.

This is when the Sun’s rays strike the equator directly.

The seasons a ect human _________________________________.

The Earth System (Page 22)

One thing geographers study is the ___________________________ of forces and

materials in the Earth System.

The _________________________________ is all of the gases that surround the Earth.

The _________________________________ is the solid, rocky outer layer of the Earth.

The _________________________________ is all of the water on the Earth.

The _________________________________ includes all life on the Earth.

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Name:________________________ Date:__________________ Period:______

Chapter 2.1: The Sun, Earth, and Moon

Planets Memory Hook

M— My Mercury

V— Very Venus

E— Excited Earth

M— Mother Mars

J— Just Jupiter

S— Sent Saturn

U— Us Uranus

N— Nine Neptune

P— Pizzas Pluto


 Name:________________________ Date:__________________ Period:______

Chapter 2.1: The Earth Systems Project Instructions

On a poster you will be designing your own Earth System. You can choose one of two
ways to design your project.

1. You can divide your poster into four quadrants and have each quadrant represent a
di erent Earth System.

2. You can create one cohesive picture that represents all of the Earth Systems.

No matter which option you choose, you must have THREE (3) representations of
EACH Earth System, meaning you will need to have a total of TWELVE (12)
representations of the Earth System in total.

Each poster will need to be labeled, regardless of which option you choose. The
labeling will look di erent depending on the option you choose.

1. Each quadrant must be labeled clearly with Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere (or
Geosphere), or Biosphere.

2. You must create a key to denote which parts of your poster belong to each of the
four Earth Systems.

**You will be graded on neatness, colorfulness, and e ort but I will NOT grade you on your
artistic ability. As long as I can see that you put forth e ort, you will be ne.
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 Student’s Name: __________________________________________________________

Rubric for Earth System Project

0-3 Points 4-7 Points 8-10 Points

There are at least

This is one or less There are two
three clear
Earth System representations of representations of
representations of
Representations each of the four each of the four
each of the four
Earth Systems Earth Systems
Earth Systems

Each quadrant of the

Some or none of the
poster is clearly and
quadrants of the Most quadrants of
accurately labeled
poster are labeled the poster is labeled
OR
OR OR
Key There is no key on There is a key on the
There is a clear key
on the poster that
the poster that labels poster that labels the
clearly and accurately
the four Earth four Earth Systems
labels the four Earth
Systems
Systems

There is little to no There is some e ort There is clear e ort

Neatness, e ort put forth, few put forth, some put forth, multiple
Colorfulness, colors were used, and colors were used, and colors were used, and
E ort almost nothing is most things are everything is neatly
labeled. labeled. labeled.

Total: ________/30
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