Physics 0625 · IGCSE · The Earth and the Solar System

The Earth and the Solar System — practice question

Fig. 12.1 shows the Earth and the Sun at a particular point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
(a)[2]

Explain why the Sun seems to move across the sky each day.

(b)[2]

Give the four planets nearest to the Sun in order of increasing distance from the Sun. The first one has been filled in for you.

(c)[2]

State the two elements.

(d)[1]

State the galaxy’s name.

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