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| The order of the planets in distance from the sun: |
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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| Which planets are terrestrial: |
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| Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, and Pluto |
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| Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter |
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| Which planet is the biggest: |
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| Which planet is the smallest: |
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| The definition of a crater: |
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| a large, bowl shaped hole found in solid, rocky surfaces |
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| What variables create different craters: |
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| size, speed, and direction of the object impacting |
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| What happened to the object that created the crater: |
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| the extreme temperatures cause the objects to melt and mix with the surrounding rock |
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| What craters tell us about the past: |
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| The age of rocky planets, but can erode over time. Craters only leave a temporary record on gas planets. |
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| Why Earth is not covered in craters like the moon: |
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| earth's atmosphere erodes the craters while the moon has no atmosphere so therefore the creators do not erode and are there permanently |
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| Which planets are affected by wind erosion and why? |
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| Earth, Mars, and Venus becaue they have an atmosphere therefore they have wind. |
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| How water creates surface features: |
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| water creates surface features by cutting through highlands to create canyons. Flowing water erodes rock and creates canyons, valleys and stream networks |
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| the study of how the outer layer of a planet can shift and break |
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| What eruptions of magma create: |
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