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28 Cards in this Set
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two inner planets are |
mercury or mars |
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two outer planets are |
uranus or saturn |
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planet with largest diameter |
jupiter |
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slowest rotation at 243 days is |
jupiter |
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what is the asteroid belt |
ring of rocky chunks of many sizes that orbit the sun between mars and jupiter |
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what is pluto |
a dwarf planet |
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what planet is the tilted planet |
uranus |
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what planet is the coldest average temperature -235 degrees |
neptune |
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2 effects the astronauts experience while in space |
dizziness and nausea |
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name two items astronauts need in space |
water, oxygen, food |
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inner planets |
The 4 planets that are closest to the sun |
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outer planets |
The 4 planets that are farthest away from the sun |
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magnetosphere |
The area of space where it contains a magnetic field |
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atmosphere |
Traps heat for our earth, reflects rays from sun |
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solar wind |
The flow of charged particles from the sun that spread throughout the solar system |
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aurora |
Light that shows up in earth’s upper atmosphere created by solar wind |
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solar eclipse |
Where the moon moves between the sun and earth |
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lunar eclipse |
Where earth moves between sun and the moon so that earth casts a shadow on the moon |
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asteroids |
Rocks found in between mars and jupiter mostly rock and a bit of ice |
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dwarf planets |
A dwarf planet is larger than an asteroid but smaller than a planet, also it doesn’t have enough gravity to pull all the rocky debris out of its orbit path |
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comets |
Chunks of loosely rock and ice that come from the outer regions of the solar system |
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miteroids |
A small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if entered into earths atmosphere |
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meteor |
Body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming very hot |
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meteorite |
a meteor that goes into earth's atmosphere and hits the ground. |
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name the phases of the moon |
new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter |
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name two rays from the sun |
UV or X rays |
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stars move from ___ to ___ |
east to west |
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2 ways to classify stars |
size or temperature |
