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Science knipp planets
Chris flash car,ds
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Science
7th Grade
02/06/2013

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Asteroid
Definition
Planet like material in space
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Meteoroid
Definition
Parts of comets that float around in space
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Meteor or shooting star
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Meteoroid that burns up entering the atmosphere
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Meteorite
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Meteoroid that hits a planet
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Dwarf planets
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Ceres, Pluto, and Eris
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Halley's Comet
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Most famous comet, every 76 years
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Axis of rotation is tilted
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Uranus
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Has 27 moons
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Uranus
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Ha largest moon In solar system
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Jupiter
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Blue color of these two planets
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Uranus and Neptune
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Largest volcanoes in the solar system
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Mars
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Titan is one of its moons
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Saturn
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Least dense planet
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Saturn
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Planet with 13 moons
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Neptune
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Has no atmosphere
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Venus
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Hs red spot
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Jupiter
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The red planet
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Mar
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Heliocentrism
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Theory that sum is in center
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Geocentrism
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Theory that earth is in middle
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Copernicus
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Invented sun centered model, said it on death bed
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pluto
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formerly 9th planet, now dwarf planet
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galileo
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under house arrest for views on solar system
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green house affect
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when carbon dioxide in a planets atmosphere cause extreme heat
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solar system
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planest that orbit a star
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Iron oxide
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gives mars red color
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Has 47 moons
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saturn
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Oort cloud
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located outisde of pluto, where all the comets are.
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comet
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nucleus,coma, dust tail, and ion tail
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how are asteroids formed
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from the explosion of planets
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