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Solar System 5.3
1-23-2012
Question | Answer |
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asteroid belt | the concentration of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter |
astronaut | a person who travels in space |
black hole | an area in space from which light cannot escape |
cosmos | another name for space or the universe |
Earth | the third planet from the sun in our solar system |
extrasolar planet | planets outside our solar system |
galaxy | a group of billions of stars |
Jupiter | the fifth planet from the sun in our solar system |
Mars | the fourth planet from the sun in our solar system |
Mercury | the first planet from the sun in our solar system |
Milky Way Galaxy | the galaxy in which Earth and our solar system is located |
moon | a celestial body that revolves around a planet |
NASA | the abbreviation for National Aeronautics and Space Administration |