introducing the Solar System

Question 0

Astronomical unit

Answer 0

A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers

Question 1

Solar System

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The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it

Question 2

Planet

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An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit

Question 3

Dwarf planet

Answer 3

An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit

Question 4

Asteroids

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One of the rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too smal, and numerous to be considered plants

Question 5

Comets

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A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit

Question 6

Planetesimal

Answer 6

One of the small asteroid- like bodies that formed the building blocks of the plants