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10 Cards in this Set
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What’s the smallest Planet?
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Pluto
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What’s the star formation called that looks like a big spoon?
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The big dipper
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What’s the second closes planet from the sun?
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Venus
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The closest planets to the sun are mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars they are also know as?
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Terrestrial planets.
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Planets further from the sun are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus which are also known as?
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Gas Giants.
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What is a Comet?
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A comet is a chunk of frozen ice and dust that travels in a very long orbit around the sun.
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What is a Galaxy?
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A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust and hundreds of billions of stars.
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What are the three types of galaxies?
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The three types of galaxies are elliptical, irregular galaxy and the Pleiades galaxy.
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Stars that are close together and that travel together are called?
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Star Clusters
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How hot is the core of the sun?
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15 million degrees Celsius.
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