planets, vocab Flashcards
1
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1st planet, smallest
A
Mercury
2
Q
2nd planet, hottest
A
Venus
3
Q
3rd planet, hospitable for life
A
Earth
4
Q
4th planet, nicknamed The Red Planet
A
Mars
5
Q
5th planet, biggest
A
Jupiter
6
Q
6th planet, has rings
A
Saturn
7
Q
7th planet, is tilted
A
Uranus
8
Q
8th planet, lots of wind
A
Neptune
9
Q
(bonus) what comes after the 8th planet
A
Cuiper Belt/Dwarf Planets
10
Q
(bonus) what divides the inner planets from the outer planets
A
Astroid belt
11
Q
star
A
A ball of gasses and makes light
12
Q
universe
A
everything that exists in space
13
Q
galaxy
A
a star system that contains large groups of stars
14
Q
planet
A
a big, nearly round object that orbits a sun
15
Q
moon
A
a big object, not as big as a planet, but orbits one
16
Q
dwarf planet
A
an object that’s bigger than an asteroid but smaller than a planet but orbits the sun
