Solar 4th Grade Flashcards

1
Q

What makes up the solar system?

A

Sun, nine planets,their moons, asteroids and comets.

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2
Q

What do the planets orbit around?

A

The sun

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3
Q

The sun is a?

A

Star

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4
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Between which planets is the asteroid belt located?

A

Mars and Jupiter

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5
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Names of the inner planets?

A

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

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6
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Names of the outer planets

A

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, And Neptune

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7
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The furthest planet from the sun?

A

Neptune

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8
Q

What are asteroids made of?

A

Rock

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9
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These are made up of earth and dust and look like dirty snowballs.

A

Comets

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10
Q

What is the Earths nearest neighbor

A

Venus

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11
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The name of any body that moves in an orbit around a more massive body. Like the moon to the earth

A

Natural satellite.

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12
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What is a shooting star?

A

It is another name for a meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the earths atmosphere.

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13
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What can cause craters in the earths surface?

A

Volcanic activity

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14
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What is the largest planet?

A

Jupiter

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15
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Which planet is the earths twin

A

Venus

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16
Q

What is the smallest planet and the furthest from the sun

A

Pluto

17
Q

Which planet is 2/3 water and 1/3 land

A

Earth

18
Q

Which planet is the red planet

A

Mars

19
Q

Which planet rotates on its side

A

Uranus

20
Q

The closer a planet is to the sun the It’s orbit.

A

Faster

21
Q

The farther a planet is from the sun, the It’s orbit

A

Slowe

22
Q

Mercury has a Orbit than Pluto.

A

Faster

23
Q

When a planet rotates around once it is a. . When planet orbits around the sun once it is a. .

A

Day. Year.