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Solar System 5th Grade
Solar System 5th Grade
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Furthest inner planet from the sun. Has rusty surface. Known as the red planet.
Mars
Venus
Earth
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Only planet with life. Largest inner planet. Only planet with one moon.
Sun
Earth
Jupiter
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A huge ball of very hot matter that gives off energy.
Mercury
Sun
Earth
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Chunks of rock that measure in size from a meter to several kilometers in diameter. They orbit the sun.
Moon
Asteroids
Lava
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Thick and toxic atmosphere. Hottest and brightest planet.
Venus
Sun
Uranus
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The planets closest to the sun which are known as the Rocky Dwarfs and include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
Inner planets
Outer Planets
Solar System
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The planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planet moons.
Venus
Solar System
Asteroid
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Has rings around it known as handles, has hexagon pattern at the top.
Uranus
Saturn
Earth
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Largest planet, has red spot formed by storms. Strongest magnetic field.
Neptune
Venus
Jupiter
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The planets farthest from the sun.
Moon Cycles
Outer Planets
Inner Planets
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An imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Prime Meridian
Moon Phases
Axis
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Furthest planet from the sun. Smallest outer planet.
Neptune
Mercury
Mars
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Shapes created by the changing amounts of visible lighted areas of the moon.
Crescent
Stars
Moon Phases
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A satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet
Asteroids
Moon
Revolutiom
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Planet with the most controversial name. Rotates on its side.
Earth
Uranus
Mars
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The movement of one object around another object. Earth takes about 365 days to complete one of these around the sun.
Orbit
Rotation
Revolution
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The largest object in our solar system, but not the largest star in the universe.
Asteroid
Moon
Sun
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The order of the planets beginning with the closest to the sun.
Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
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The spinning of an object around its axis. Earth does this every 24 hours.
Cycles
Revolution
Rotation
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Closest planet to the sun. Smallest planet in our solar system.
Venus
Earth
Mercury
