Science test Solar Systems Flashcards

(43 cards)

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The sun it’s nine planets and all the other objects that orbit the sun

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Solar system

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————— is space are so vast they require different units of measurement called astronomical units

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Distance

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An______ ____ is about 150 kilometers the mean distance from the earth to the sun

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Inner planets are ——— with minerals similar to these on earth

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—————— the second smallest planet, and the closest to the sun

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Mercury

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Mercury has a heavily —————— surface

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Cratered

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Mercury has little atmosphere, resulting in extremes of ——————

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Heat

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Second closest planet to the sun

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Venus

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Has a thick ————— layer

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Cloud

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Cloud trap, ———— ———— making the planet extremely hot about 4700°C

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Solar energy

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The third planet from the sun is

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Earth

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Earth ————- allows life to flourish

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Atmosphere

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Earths——————— exist as solid liquid and gas

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Water 💦

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Forth planet from the sun is

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Mars

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Mars has Seasons and polar ———— ————

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Ice caps

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May have —————shaping it surf

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Water

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The ——————— ———— separates the inner and Outer planets

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Asteroid belt

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Outer planets are mostly big balls of ———

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Gas

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The largest planet in the fifth planet from the sun is

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Jupiter has —— moons

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Great red spot is a giant —————————on the planet surface

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The sixth planet from the sun is

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Saturn has at least ————-moons

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Saturn has several broad rings of ice and ————

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Seventh planet from the sun is

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Axis makes planet spin nearly —— ——— ————
On its side
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Has rings and at least —— moons
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The eight planet from the sun is
Neptune
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A gas planet with rings and at least ——moons
14
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——————— is in it’s atmosphere and Gives the planet a blue color
Methane
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Smallest planet and farthest from the sun
Pluto
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Pluto has a rocky and ——— crust
Icey
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Pluto only has ——— moon
One
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Large body of frozen ice and rock that travels to the center of the solar system
Comet
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Fragments of space material that lands on earths surface pieces may be iron rock or both
Meterorite
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Age of the solar system
4.5 billions years
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Group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
Constellation
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A star has a ———— ————— that depends on it size
Life cycle
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Small stars shine ——————— that larger stars
Longer
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Group of stares dust and gas held together by gravity
Galexy
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Most common galexy
Elliptical
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Galaxy’s look like a pinwheel
Spiral
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Smaller and less common than other galaxy’s
Irregular
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