Discovering Mars Segment 1,2,3 Flashcards
1
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Scientists who study the sun, stars, and planets
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Astronomers
2
Q
A device used to view things that are far away
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Telescope
3
Q
Hollow areas or holes, often shaped like a bowl
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Craters
4
Q
The sun and the planets and other bodies that orbit it
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Solar System
5
Q
Related to outer space
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Cosmic
6
Q
The pull of the Earth on an object
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Gravity
7
Q
To provide what is needed
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Sustain
8
Q
The mixture of gases around a planet
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Atmosphere
9
Q
Something that is shaped like a ball
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Sphere
10
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The points on which a planet rotates
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Poles
11
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They have decided something is true after thinking about it very carefully
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Conclusions
12
Q
The area nearby
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Range
13
Q
The take over of a place by force
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Conquest
14
Q
The widest part of something that is shaped like a circle
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Diameter
15
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Enormous or extremely large
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Mammoth
