vocab+facts
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| planet | a large body that orbits a star
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| moon | an object that orbits a planet
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| solar system | consists of a star, such as the sun, as well as planets, moons, and other bodies traveling around it
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| inertia | the 2nd property that keeps planets in orbit
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| asteroids | rocky or metallic objects that orbit the sun
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| comet | a ball of ice and rock that orbits the sun
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| meteoroids | small, rocky, or metallic objects that orbit the sun both inner and outer regions of the solar system
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| meteor | a meateoroid that enters earth's atmosphere
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| meteorite | a meteoroid that strikes earth's surface
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| name the planets (start from closest to the sun) | mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
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| which planets are the inner planets? | mercury, venus, earth, mars
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| which planets are the outer planets? | jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
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| what is pluto classified as? | a dwarf planet
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| which planet is most similar to earth? | venus
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| what do astronomers call space rocks that hit earth's surface? | meteorites
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| what are other objects in the solar system? | asteroid belt, dwarf planets, comets, the kuiper belt, the oort cloud, and meteorids
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