Review Materials

Standards of Learning

4.5 The student will investigate and understand that the planets have characteristics and a specific place in the solar system.

     Key ideas include…

a) planets rotate on their axes and revolve around the sun;

b) planets have characteristics and a specific order in the solar system; and

c) the sizes of the sun and planets can be compared to one another.

4.6 The student will investigate and understand that there are relationships among Earth, the moon, and the sun.

     Key relationships include…

a) the motions of Earth, the moon, and the sun;

b) the causes for Earth’s seasons;

c) the causes for the four major phases of the moon and the relationship to the tide cycles; and

d) the relative size, position, age and makeup of Earth, the moon, and the sun.