planets, vocab Flashcards

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1st planet, smallest

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Mercury

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2nd planet, hottest

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Venus

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3rd planet, hospitable for life

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Earth

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4th planet, nicknamed The Red Planet

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Mars

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5th planet, biggest

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Jupiter

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6th planet, has rings

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Saturn

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7th planet, is tilted

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Uranus

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8th planet, lots of wind

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Neptune

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(bonus) what comes after the 8th planet

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Cuiper Belt/Dwarf Planets

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(bonus) what divides the inner planets from the outer planets

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Astroid belt

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star

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A ball of gasses and makes light

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universe

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everything that exists in space

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galaxy

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a star system that contains large groups of stars

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planet

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a big, nearly round object that orbits a sun

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moon

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a big object, not as big as a planet, but orbits one

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dwarf planet

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an object that’s bigger than an asteroid but smaller than a planet but orbits the sun