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Science SOL 4.5 Solar System Vocabulary
Science SOL 4.5 Solar System Vocabulary
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What is the Solar System made up of?
Interrelated elements connected through a flow of matter & energy
Interdependent elements connected through a flow of matter & energy
8 planets, 1 Sun
9 planets, 1 Sun
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What is a Planet?
Something that is big enough & has enough gravity to force it into a sphere
Something that orbits a star
Object that can clear objects in the neighborhood around its orbit
Any sphere object in space
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What is a Red Planet?
Neptune
A planet with iron minerals that ozidize/rust causing the soil to look red
Venus
Mars
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What is a Gas Giant?
large planet mostly composed of nitrogen and hydrogen
large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
large planet mostly composed of air
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What are all of the planets in the solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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What is a terrestrial planet?
Made up of water, that's it
Similar to Earth
Composed of a compact, rocky surface
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
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What is happening in the picture, using a vocabulary word?
The Earth is Revolving around the Sun
The Earth is turning counterclockwise
The Earth is being heated by the Sun
The Earth is rotating around the Sun
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What is an Orbit?
A sphere
A regular path that one object in space takes around another one
The path of an object under the influence of gravity through space
The name of a planet
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Revolving and Orbit are similar?
True
False
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What is an atmosphere?
It includes all 8 planets, the sun and asteroids
It is composed of the sun, earth, gas
layers of gases surrounding a planet
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What is an astronomer?
Someone who studies just the Earth
Someone who studies planets, stars, celestial bodies
Someone who studies the weather
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What is happening in the picture, using a vocabulary word?
Spinning of Earth on its spindle
Rotation of Earth on its Axis
The Earth is flipping upside down
Revolution of Earth on its Axis
