section 3 and 4 vocab Flashcards
1
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jupiter
A
largest planet and contains more than twice the mass of all other planets combined
2
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saturn
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second largest planet and has the lowest density of any planet in the solar system
3
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Uranus
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seventh planet from the sun
4
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Neptune
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eighth planet form the sun and is about same size as Uranus
5
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Dwarf planets
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round objects in orbit around the sun that are not satellites and that have not cleared the debris in their orbit
6
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comet
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is composed of dust and rock particles, frozen water, methane, and ammonia
7
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asteroids
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rocky objects formed from material similar to materials in planets’ composition
8
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meteoroids
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Sand to Boulder sized objects in the solar system
9
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sedna
A
distant planetoid
10
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extraterrestrial life
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the life beyond earth
