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Planets Flashcards

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Farther apart, made mostly of gas, less dense, larger, longer revolution, less is known about them

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Outer Planets

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A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star

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Planet

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A natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body on objects that are on or near its surface

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Gravity

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How do planets revolve around the sun?

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Clockwise

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Characteristics of Planets

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color, proximity to the sun, size, speed, density, physical/chemical makeup

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What is the force that governs all planetary movement in the solar system

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Gravity

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Closest Planet to the Sun

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Mercury

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largest planet

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Jupiter

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9
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The “red planet”

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Mars

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10
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Great Dark Spot similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

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Neptune

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Axis is turned sideways and rotates north to south

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Uranus

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Great Red Spot

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Jupiter

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13
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Grand Canyon of this planet dwarfs the Grand Canyon on Earth

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Mars

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14
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Made up of 2/3 water

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Earth

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15
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2nd closest planet to the Sun

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Venus

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Has a magnetosphere which deflects harmful electromagnetic rays from the Sun

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Thirteen sets of rings, some are partial

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Low density - could float in a bathtub

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Galileo discovered many of this planets moons

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Largest dust storms

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“Sister” to Earth in size

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2nd hottest planet

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hottest planet due to its thick atmosphere and the green house effect

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Has the largest volcano, Olympus Mons

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The largest MOON in the solar system

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Has many rings made of ice and dust

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Innermost moon to Jupiter

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This Galilean moon has the smoothest surface of any known solid object in the solar system

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This Galilean Moon is almost as big as Mercury and is heavily cratered

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This Galilean Moon is believed to have an underground ocean and magnetic field

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Close together, terrestrial, rocky, more dense, smaller, shorter revolution, few or no moons

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inner planets

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Another term for outer planets

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Jovian Planets and Gas Giants

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Another term for inner planets

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Terrestrial Planets

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A regular path one object takes around another object

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This planets surface is covered in craters

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This planet has the moon Titan

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Home of the strongest winds in the solar system`

Science Grade 6 (4 decks)

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