Solar System Flashcards

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Astromener

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A person who studies the universe

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2
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Iregular

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A Galaxy with no particular shape

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3
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Color

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A characteristic that is related to stars temperature

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4
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star

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A ball of hot glowing gasses

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5
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Spiral

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A pinwheel like Galaxy

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6
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Galaxy

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A group of stars dust and gasses

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7
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Elliptical

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A Galaxy shaped like a flattened globe

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8
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Universe

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Everything that exist planets stars dust and gasses

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9
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Stronomy

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The study of the objects in space and their properties

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10
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Something in space made of rock and iron that Is various in size Orbits the Sun and is found in our Solar System

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Asteroids

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11
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Something in space that has tails made of rock ice dust and frozen gasses and has long orbits around the Sun and is found in our solar system

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Comet

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12
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Meteoroid

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Pieces of rock that break off of Asteroids

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13
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Meteor

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A streak of light caused by a meteoroid

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14
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Meteorites

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Mediords that reach earth’s surface

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15
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Orbit

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To rotate or revolve around something such as a path

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16
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Small natural objects that revolve around other objects Are called what

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Moon

17
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A large round body that revolves around a star is called what

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A planet

18
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The inner planets are

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Mercury Venus Earth and Mars

19
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The outer planets are

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Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune

20
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This type of planet have dense rock are known as the rocky planets are closest to the Sun relatively smaller have few moons and no rings

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Inner planets

21
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A type of planets with a small rocky core surrounded by gas known as the gas giants which are farthest from the Sun and relatively bigger with many moons and all planets have rings

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The outer planets

22
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The Sun is A what sized star

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Medium

23
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The hottest star is what color

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Blue

24
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The coldest star is what color

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Red

25
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The medium temperature star is what color

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Orange or yellow

26
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One rotation takes how long

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24 hours or one day this causes day-and-night the Sun Earth and moon rotate on access

27
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One revolution takes How long

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365 days or one year this causes season Earth revolves around Sun moon revolves around the Earth