Science test Solar Systems Flashcards

1
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The sun it’s nine planets and all the other objects that orbit the sun

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Solar system

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2
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————— is space are so vast they require different units of measurement called astronomical units

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Distance

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3
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An______ ____ is about 150 kilometers the mean distance from the earth to the sun

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Inner planets are ——— with minerals similar to these on earth

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4
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—————— the second smallest planet, and the closest to the sun

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Mercury

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5
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Mercury has a heavily —————— surface

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Cratered

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6
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Mercury has little atmosphere, resulting in extremes of ——————

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Heat

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7
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Second closest planet to the sun

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Venus

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8
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Has a thick ————— layer

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Cloud

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9
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Cloud trap, ———— ———— making the planet extremely hot about 4700°C

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Solar energy

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10
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The third planet from the sun is

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Earth

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11
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Earth ————- allows life to flourish

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Atmosphere

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12
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Earths——————— exist as solid liquid and gas

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Water 💦

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13
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Forth planet from the sun is

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Mars

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14
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Mars has Seasons and polar ———— ————

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Ice caps

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15
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May have —————shaping it surf

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Water

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16
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The ——————— ———— separates the inner and Outer planets

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Asteroid belt

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17
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Outer planets are mostly big balls of ———

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Gas

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18
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The largest planet in the fifth planet from the sun is

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Jupiter

19
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Jupiter has —— moons

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63

20
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Great red spot is a giant —————————on the planet surface

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Huricane

21
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The sixth planet from the sun is

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Saturn

22
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Saturn has at least ————-moons

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31

23
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Saturn has several broad rings of ice and ————

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Rock

24
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Seventh planet from the sun is

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Uranus

25
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Axis makes planet spin nearly —— ——— ————

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On its side

26
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Has rings and at least —— moons

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24

27
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The eight planet from the sun is

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Neptune

28
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A gas planet with rings and at least ——moons

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14

29
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——————— is in it’s atmosphere and Gives the planet a blue color

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Methane

30
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Smallest planet and farthest from the sun

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Pluto

31
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Pluto has a rocky and ——— crust

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Icey

32
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Pluto only has ——— moon

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One

33
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Large body of frozen ice and rock that travels to the center of the solar system

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Comet

34
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Fragments of space material that lands on earths surface pieces may be iron rock or both

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Meterorite

35
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Age of the solar system

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4.5 billions years

36
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Group of stars that form a pattern in the sky

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Constellation

37
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A star has a ———— ————— that depends on it size

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Life cycle

38
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Small stars shine ——————— that larger stars

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Longer

39
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Group of stares dust and gas held together by gravity

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Galexy

40
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Most common galexy

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Elliptical

41
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Galaxy’s look like a pinwheel

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Spiral

42
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Smaller and less common than other galaxy’s

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Irregular

43
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