Earth Science Flashcards

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Murcury

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1.Its the smallest and fastest and closest to the sun.
2. Murcury appears as a morning or evening star from Earth.
3.Murcury zips around the run every 88 days

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Venus

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1.Second planet from the sun
2. The atmosphere is mostly made of Carbon Dioxide.
3. A thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect.

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Earth

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  1. Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
  2. about 71% of the Earth is covered by salt water oceans.
  3. It’s the largest of the four terrestrial planets
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Mars

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1.Mars is more like Earth than any other planet in the solar system.
2. Mars is a dusty,cold desert world with a very thin atmosphere.
3.Billions of years ago Mars was wetter and warmer with a thick atmosphere

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