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81 Cards in this Set
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Which planets have rings around them?
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Saturn and Uranus
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Which planet is the "red planet"?
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Mars
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Which is the largest planet?
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Jupiter
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Which planet is very far away?
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Pluto
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A satellite that goes around a planet is called a _____.
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Moon
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T/F Some planets have many moons.
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True
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T/F Some planets have no moons.
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True
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T/F Earth has many moons.
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False -- it has only one
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Earth's nearest neighbor in space is _____.
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the moon
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What does orbits mean?
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goes around
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The moon orbits around the Earth once every ____ days.
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28 (or once a month)
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T/F The moon makes its own light.
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False
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Where does the moon's light come from?
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it reflects light from the sun
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Our solar system is a small part of a _____.
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Galaxy
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Our solar system is a spiral called the ______.
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Milky Way
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T/F Our solar system has many parts.
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True
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The ____ is the center of our solar system.
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Sun
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How many planets with their moons go around the sun?
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nine
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What is a satellite?
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a planet's moon
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What orbits the sun?
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Nine planets with their moons (satellites)
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What is the memory jogger to remember the order of planets from the sun?
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My very eager mother just served us nine pickles.
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What two ways to planets move?
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1. around the sun
2. spins like a top |
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What is rotation?
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spinning like a top
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What is orbiting?
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when each planet travels along its own path
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T/F I can ace this test.
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True! Because I am smart!
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a tool used to see objects in the night sky like stars and planets
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telescope
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a person who studies the sun and other stars
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astronomer
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a big ball of hot burning gas
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star
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stars that form a picture in the night sky
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constellation
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the star closest to Earth
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sun
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a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun
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planet
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the sun and planets
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solar system
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something that can do work and cause change
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energy
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light and heat from the sun
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solar energy
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a tool used to see objects in the night sky like stars and planets
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telescope
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spinning around and around
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rotation
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a person who studies the sun and other stars
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astronomer
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a big ball of hot burning gas
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star
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stars that form a picture in the night sky
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constellation
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the star closest to Earth
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sun
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a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun
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planet
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the sun and planets
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solar system
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something that can do work and cause change
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energy
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light and heat from the sun
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solar energy
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spinning around and around
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rotation
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a tool used to see objects in the night sky like stars and planets
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telescope
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a tool used to see objects in the night sky like stars and planets
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telescope
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a person who studies the sun and other stars
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astronomer
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a person who studies the sun and other stars
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astronomer
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a big ball of hot burning gas
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star
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a big ball of hot burning gas
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star
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stars that form a picture in the night sky
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constellation
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stars that form a picture in the night sky
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constellation
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the star closest to Earth
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sun
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the star closest to Earth
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sun
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a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun
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planet
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a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path around the sun
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planet
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the sun and planets
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solar system
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the sun and planets
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solar system
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something that can do work and cause change
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energy
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something that can do work and cause change
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energy
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light and heat from the sun
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solar energy
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light and heat from the sun
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solar energy
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spinning around and around
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rotation
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spinning around and around
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rotation
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the path around an object
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orbit
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time of year that has a certain kind of weather
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season
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largest object we see in the night sky
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moon
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the Earth's satellite
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moon
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the light of the moon
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moonlight
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a hole or valley on a planet or moon from a big rock
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crater
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four seasons
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winter, spring, summer, fall/autumn
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What is the dwarf planet?
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Pluto
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The earth ____ causes day and night.
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rotating
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It takes ___ hours for the Earth to rotate once.
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24
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We have seasons because the Earth is ______ or ______ as it moves around the sun.
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tilted / slanted
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The moon has holes called _____.
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craters
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The moon's _____ makes the moon seem to change its shape.
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orbit
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People who travel in space are called _____.
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astronauts
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____ are always shining. We don't see them during the day because of the sun's bright light.
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stars
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What are the four phases ofthe moon?
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Quarter moon
Full moon Quarter moon New moon |
