A Day on Venus is Longer Than a Year on Venus

The __________________________

definition of a year is the amount of time it takes for a planet to make one revolution around the Sun. Earth's __________________________

planet, Venus, takes 225 Earth days to revolve around the sun. The definition of a day is how long it takes for a planet to do one complete rotation on its own axis. It takes Venus 243 __________________________

days to do this. __________________________

, a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. The rotation of Venus on its axis is retrograde. It rotates in the __________________________

direction of Earth and the other planets in the Solar System (Uranus spins on its side).