Solar System Flashcards

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A giant ball of hot,glowing matter

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Star

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How something looks

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Apparent

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The planet, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planet’s moons solar

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Solar system

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The curved path of an object around a star, a planet, or a moon

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Orbit

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A large, round piece of rock and ice that revolves around a planet

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moon

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The four large planets farthest from the sun that are made for ice and gasses

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Outer planets

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A trait that can help identify something

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Characteristics

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A chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun

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Asteroids

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Chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun

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Comet

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Inner planets The four rocky planets closest to the sun

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Inner planets

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