The Solar System
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| geocentric | an earth centered model
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| heliocentric | a sun centered model
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| ellipse | an oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular
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| core | the central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place
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| radiation zone | a region of very tightly packed gas where energy is transferred mainly in the form of electromagnetic radiation
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| convection zone | the outer most layer of the sun's intension
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| photosphere | the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere
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| chromoshere | the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere
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| corona | the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
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| solar wind | streams of electrically charged particles
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| sunspots | areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler then the gases around them
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| prominence | huge reddish loops of gas
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| solar flare | an eruption of gas from the sun's surface that occurs when the loops in sunspots regions connect
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| terrestrial planets | the name often given to the four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth)
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| greenhouse effect | the trapping of heat by a planets atmosphere
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| gas giant | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, larger and more massive then Earth don't have solid surfaces
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| ring | a thin disk of small particles of ice and rock
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| What was a scientist and his discovery? | Galileo and heliocentric
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| small, dense, rocky surface | Characteristics of Inner Planets
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