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Duplicate of Science: Our Solar System
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From Nancy Larson Science Grade 3 Unit 1 The Solar System #science #solarsystem #grade3
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Describes something that is gradually becoming smaller
waning
warping
waxing
wobbling
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When the moon is completely dark to us.
new moon
nonmoon
blue moon
full moon
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A scientist who studies objects in outer space
agrarian
astronomer
spaceman
astronaut
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A person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft is
an alien
a rocketeer
an aquanaut
an astronaut
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Path an object takes as it travels around the sun
rotation
route
orbit
revolution
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Outer, gas giant planet with many rings and moons; the sixth planet from the Sun
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
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Outer, gas giant planet with rings and many moons; the fifth planet from the Sun
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
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Imaginary line through the center of the Earth that connects the North Pole and the South Pole
axis
equator
center line
North pole
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Moon phase between a quarter Moon and a new Moon
crescent
gibbous
new
full
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An outer, gas giant planet with rings and many moons; the seventh planet from the Sun
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
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The sun and all the planets, moons, asteroids, comets around the the Sun
galaxy
universe
milky way
solar system
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Large, outer planets that have surfaces made of hydrogen gas, have rings, and many moons are
rocky worlds
terrestrial planets
gas giants
stars
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A large, spherical object that orbits a star is
the sun
a comet
a moon
a planet
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To turn or spin on an axis: causes day and night on every planet and moon
orbit
spin
rotate
revolve
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The moon phase between a quarter Moon and a full Moon
crescent
new
full
gibbous
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Describes something related to the Moon
moonish
moonly
solar
lunar
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The planet nearest to the Sun; the first inner, terrestrial planet
Neptune
Venus
Mercury
Mars
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Red planet with two moons; the fourth inner planet from the Sun
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Jupiter
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Planet that rotates in the opposite direction from the other planets;second planet from the Sun
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Uranus
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Describes something that is gradually becoming larger
warping
waning
wobbling
waxing
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A large eruption of plasma from the surface of the sun, usually occurs near a sunspot
plasmanence
sun eruption
prominence
eruptious
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The study of objects in outer space
astronomy
spaceology
cosmetology
astrology
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The dwarf planet that's farthest from the sun, has a hard rocky surface,and one moon
Neptune
Pluto
Goofy
Mercury
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Planet that we live on; the third inner planet from the Sun
Venus
Earth
Mars
Neptune
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The eighth outer, gas giant planet with many rings and moons
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
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Large, bright object with a long tail that orbits the Sun: made of rocks, ice, and frozen gases
asteroid
meteor
comet
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An irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the Sun between the inner and outer planets
meteor
asteroid
planet
comet
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Movement around an object
motion
rotation
circle
revolution