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Astronomy
7th Grade
02/19/2010

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largest planet
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Jupiter
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planet closest to the Sun
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Mercury
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the "red" planet
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Mars
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number of moons of Mars
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two
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hottest planet
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Venus
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planet known for its rings
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Saturn
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used to be the 9th planet
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Pluto
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has the great red spot
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Jupiter
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volcanic moon of Jupiter
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Io
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the two bluish planets
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Uranus and Neptune
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gas that gives the bluish planets their color
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methane
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has a tilted axis (almost 90 degrees)
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Uranus
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sometimes swaps position from Sun with Pluto
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Neptune
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planet where water exists as a solid, liquid and gas
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Earth
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has the moon Charon
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Pluto
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closest to Earth in size
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Venus
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least dense planet
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Saturn
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color is due to iron oxide
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Mars
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a mass of frozen rock and ice
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comet
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a meteoroid that hits Earth
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meteorite
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a meteoroid that burns up in the Earth's atmosphere
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meteor or "shooting star"
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a piece of rock similiar to the material that makes up the planets
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asteroid
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the asteroid belt is found between these two planets
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Mars and Jupiter
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the cloud of comets that surrounds the solar system
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Oort cloud
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largest asteroid
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Ceres
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fifth planet from the Sun
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Jupiter
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third planet from the Sun
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Earth
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second planet from the Sun
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Venus
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sixth planet from the Sun
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Saturn
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moon that has water
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Europa
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scientists who came up with the Earth centered theory of the solar system
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Copernicus and Galileo
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scientist who discovered that planet's orbits are elliptical and their speeds change
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Kepler
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a cloud of gas that eventually could form a planet or star
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nebula
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the part of a comet that trails the main part
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tail
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pieces of dust and rock from an asteroid
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meteroid
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