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Solar System

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closest planet to sun   Mercury  
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atmosphere has poisonous gasses (CO2)   Venus  
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The distance from the earth to the sun (93 Million miles)   Astronomical Unit  
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second planet from sun   Venus  
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third planet from sun   Earth  
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has water in the form of liquid   Earth  
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planet with features most similar to earth's (not size)   Mars  
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Causes Mars to look red   Iron oxide (rust ) dust on the surface  
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biggest volcano in the solar system found here   Mars  
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the great red spot found on this planet   Jupiter  
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largest planet in solar system   Jupiter  
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planet that is famous for its rings   Saturn  
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planet that rotates on its side   Uranus  
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methane gas gives this planet its blue color   Neptune  
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the planet with the most moons   Jupiter  
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furthest planet from the sun   Neptune  
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center of the solar system   Sun  
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separates the inner and outer planets   asteroid belt  
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keeps all the planets in orbit around the sun   gravity  
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The motion of a planet around another body   Revolution  
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These planets spin backwards   Venus and Uranus  
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This is the motion of a body spinning on its axis   Rotation  
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This planet has the fastest rotation   Jupiter  
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imaginary line that goes through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole   Axis  
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Contains most of the mass in the solar system   Sun  
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the amount of time it takes Earth to make one rotation   24 hours  
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Named after the God of War   Mars  
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the number of days it takes Earth to revolve around the sun   one year  
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Earth's natural satellite   moon  
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Jupiter's great red spot is a   Storm  
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The planet closest to the earth in size   Venus  
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this is in the center of the solar system   Sun  
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the name of the galaxy we live in   Milky way  
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the year man first stepped foot on the moon   1969  
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the closest star to Earth   Sun  
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The terrestrial planets are also known as the   The inner planets  
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The outer planets are made of   gas  
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Means made of rock   terrestrial  
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