1) Define the solar system.

A system of planets and other bodies orbiting a star. Our solar system consists of the sun, nine planets, more than 100 moons, comets, asteroids and lots of other interesting things.

2) The rotation of the earth is (clockwise or counter clockwise)

The earth turns counter clockwise

3) The speed of the earth around the sun is......

The Earth moves at about 100,000 km/h around the Sun

4) The diameter of the earth is....

7,926.41 miles

5) The distance from the earth to the sun is....

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 149,597,890 km.