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Solar System

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What is the solar system?   the sun and objects that orbit around it  
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where is the sun located?   the sun is located in the center of the earth  
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Is the sun a planet or a star?   The sun is a star  
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what is a planet?   a large body of rock or gas that orbits around the sun  
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how many planets are in the solar system?   8 planets  
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what are the planets in the solar system?   Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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Is Pluto a star or a planet?   Pluto is a star  
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Which planets are considered the inner planets?   Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars  
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Which planet holds plant life and animal life?   Earth  
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Which is the closest planet to the sun?   Mercury  
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Which is the farthest plaent from the sun?   Neptune  
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Which are considered to have colder surfaces and frozen gases inner planets or outer planets?   outer planets  
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which planets are considered to be the outer planets.   Jupiter, saturn, Uranus, Neptune  
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what are asteroids?   chunks of rocl or metal that orbit the sun  
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what are comets?   large balls of ice and dust that orbit the sun  
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what is a meteor?   a streak of light that is created when matter in the solar system falls into the earths atmosphere.  
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What is the sun made of?   Hydrogen  
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the gaseous area surrounding a planet or other object is?   the atmosphere  
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groups of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity is?   the Galexy  
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the path an object takes around another is called?   orbit  
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what is a minor planet?   asteroid  
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what does revolve mean?   when something is moving around in a circle around another object.  
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This planet is grey, covered with craters it has no moons, air, or water, it takes 88 days to revolve around the sun, which planet is it?   Mercury  
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Which planet is called the red planet because the sand is made of red iron?   Mars  
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I am the biggest planet I have a red spot that is three times the size off earth, which planet am I?   Jupiter  
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I am covered with thick poisonous cluds, I am very hot, I take 225 ddays to rotate around the sun which planet am I?   Venus  
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This planet is 93 million miles away from the sun, it takes 365 days to rotate around the sun and the moon rotaes around this planet every 24 hours, which plaent is it?   Earth  
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This planet has thousands of rings around it which are made up of ice, rock and dust which planet is it?   Saturn  
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I am the last and coldest planet, I am 3 billion miles away from the sun, it takes me 165 earth years to rotate around the sun which planet am I?   Neptune  
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this planet is covered by blue green fog, it has grey moons, it takes 84 earth years to rotate around the sun, which planet am I?   Uranus  
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what is a round hole in the ground made by something that has fallen on it or by an explosion   crater  
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