Planets and vocab Flashcards

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Star

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Is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other types of energy.

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Universe

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Is everything that exists throughout space.

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Galaxy

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Is a star system that contains large groups of stars.

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Planet

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Is a large nearly round space object that orbits a star.

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Moon

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Is a large rocky object that orbits a planet.

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Dwarf planet

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is an object that orbits the sun, is larger than in asteroid and smaller then a planet, and has a nearly round shape.

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Mercury

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The closets to the sun.
The smallest planet.

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Venus

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The second closet to the sun.
The hottest planet

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Earth

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The third closet to the sun.
Only planet with life

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Mars

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The forth closet to the sun.
Mostly of carbon dioxide.

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Jupiter

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The fifth planet from the sun.
The biggest planet.

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Saturn

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The sixth planet from the sun.
Has the biggest rings.

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Uranus

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The seventh planet from the sun. Spins on its side.

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Neptune

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The last planet from the sun. There might be water on it.

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