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Science: Our Solar System
Science: Our Solar System
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From Nancy Larson Science Grade 3 Unit 1 The Solar System
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An outer, gas giant planet with rings and many moons; the seventh planet from the Sun
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
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A person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft is
an aquanaut
an alien
a rocketeer
an astronaut
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The sun and all the planets, moons, asteroids, comets around the the Sun
milky way
solar system
universe
galaxy
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The eighth outer, gas giant planet with many rings and moons
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
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Outer, gas giant planet with many rings and moons; the sixth planet from the Sun
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
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Imaginary line through the center of the Earth that connects the North Pole and the South Pole
equator
North pole
axis
center line
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An irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the Sun between the inner and outer planets
asteroid
planet
comet
meteor
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The planet nearest to the Sun; the first inner, terrestrial planet
Mercury
Mars
Neptune
Venus
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A scientist who studies objects in outer space
agrarian
spaceman
astronomer
astronaut
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A large, spherical object that orbits a star is
a moon
the sun
a planet
a comet
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Large, outer planets that have surfaces made of hydrogen gas, have rings, and many moons are
terrestrial planets
gas giants
stars
rocky worlds
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The dwarf planet that's farthest from the sun, has a hard rocky surface,and one moon
Goofy
Mercury
Neptune
Pluto
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The study of objects in outer space
astrology
spaceology
cosmetology
astronomy
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Path an object takes as it travels around the sun
route
revolution
orbit
rotation
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Movement around an object
motion
rotation
circle
revolution
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Planet that we live on; the third inner planet from the Sun
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Earth
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Outer, gas giant planet with rings and many moons; the fifth planet from the Sun
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
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Large, bright object with a long tail that orbits the Sun: made of rocks, ice, and frozen gases
comet
asteroid
meteor
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Red planet with two moons; the fourth inner planet from the Sun
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
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To turn or spin on an axis: causes day and night on every planet and moon
orbit
rotate
spin
revolve
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A large eruption of plasma from the surface of the sun, usually occurs near a sunspot
plasmanence
sun eruption
eruptious
prominence
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Planet that rotates in the opposite direction from the other planets;second planet from the Sun
Earth
Venus
Uranus
Mercury