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22 Cards in this Set
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the only planet with life |
Earth |
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a gas giant located in the outer solar system, has the great red spot, the largest planet |
Jupiter |
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often called the jewel of the solar system because of its large ring system |
Saturn |
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the farthest planet from the sun |
Neptune |
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A blue green planet that spins on its side |
Uranus |
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the smallest planet and the closest to the sun |
Mercury |
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the first dwarf planet found |
Pluto |
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called the red planet due to its rusted surface, has large volcanoes, craters, and polar ice caps |
Mars |
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the hottest planet; has a thick atmosphere |
Venus |
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a dirty snowball that grows a long tail as it nears the sun |
comet |
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space rocks that orbits the sun in a large belt |
asteroids . |
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when does a solar eclipse occur |
when the moon blocks the sunlight |
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the Apollo missions sent astronauts to the |
moon |
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the solar system is in what galaxy? |
milky way |
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who discovered the first galaxy outside the milky way? |
Edwin Hubble |
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what was the first reusable spacecraft |
space shuttle |
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a planet outside our solar system |
exoplanet |
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active galaxy nuclei |
quasars |
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a quasar pointed at earth |
blazar |
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the most distant light humans can see from earth |
cosmic microwave background |
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a giant_____________ is at the center of all large galaxies |
black hole |
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the center of a black hole |
singularity |
