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Stack #73697
Flora - Solar System Vocabulary Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| explains how the planets formed from the condensing of a huge cloud of gas, ice and dust | Solar nebular theory |
| the planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune | outer |
| the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, which consist mostly of solid rock | inner |
| a natural satellite of a planet | moon |
| a cloud of gas and dust in space | nebula |
| a mass of frozen gases, rocks and dust that orbits the sun | comet |
| the four inner planets | terrestrial planets |
| small, rocky bodies of various sizes that are located mainly between Mars and Jupiter | asteroids |
| the planets that have relatively low densities and are huge gas giants | Jovian planets |
| the sun and all objects orbiting it | solar system |
| a small extraterrestrial body that strikes the Earth's surface | meteorite |
| the average distance from Earth to the Sun | Astronomical Unit |
| a large group of comets beyond Pluto's orbit | Oort Cloud |
| a small extraterrestrial body that enters Earth's atmosphere is called this before it reaches the surface | meteor |