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Planets
Basic Planet Information for Geography Class
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
12/01/2012

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What Planet is closest to the sun?
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Mercury

 

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What planet is second closest to the sun?
Definition
Venus
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What planet is third closest to the sun?
Definition
Earth
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What planet is forth closest to the sun?
Definition
Mars
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What planet is fifth closest to the sun?
Definition
Jupiter
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What planet is sixth closest to the sun?
Definition
Saturn
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What planet is seventh closest to the sun?
Definition
Uranus
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What planet is eighth closest to the sun?
Definition
Neptune
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Jupiter
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What is the second largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Saturn
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What is the third largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Uranus
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What is the forth largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Neptune
Term
What is the fifth largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Earth
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What is the sixth largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Venus
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What is the seventh largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Mars
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What is the eighth largest planet in our solar system?
Definition
Mercury
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Name the four closest planets to the sun in order.
Definition
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Name the four farthest plaents from the sun in order.
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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List the planets in locational order, starting from the sun.
Definition
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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List the planets in size order.
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
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Name the four largest planets in order.
(#1-2-3-4)
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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Name the four smallest planets in order.(#5-6-7-8)
Definition
Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
Term
What is a light year?
Definition
the distance light would travel in one year, moving at a constant speed of 186,283 miles per a second.
Term
What is the approximate diameter of the earth?
Definition
Approximately 8,000 miles in diameter (7,926 miles)
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What is the approximate circumference of the earth?
Definition
Approximately 25,000 miles in diameter (24,902 miles at equator, 24,860 from pole to pole)
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What is the approximate circumfrence of earth?
Definition
25,000 miles
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What is the approximate diameter of earth?
Definition
8,000 miles
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