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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
(My Very Educated Mother...) |
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Outer Planets
(Gas Giants) |
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Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Just Sold Us Nine... |
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Farthest "planet" away
Classified as a "dwarf planet" by scientists in 2006 |
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Our galaxy
(mmm..or a tasty candy bar) |
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The distance from the sun to the earth |
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93 million miles away
(or just 372 million laps around the field) |
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The planet closest to the Sun |
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Mars
(No, Not a MARS BAR...just "Mars") |
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What the MOON affects on the Earth |
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Large rocks floating around in space |
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Definition
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An unseen force that pulls one object to another |
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This makes up 99% of the mass in our solar system |
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The SUN
(so cool you need to wear shades) |
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The inner planets are also called ______________ planets |
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"terrestrial"
(E.T. rules!) |
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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for ______________" |
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"mankind"
(meaning "the world" or "all the people") |
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Neil Armstrong stepped on what surface in space in 1969? |
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a giant "dirty snowball" in space made up of gas and dust |
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the length of time it takes for the moon to orbit the earth
(roughly) |
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how the moon changes its appearance in the sky
it goes through __________ |
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when the moon passes in front of the sun and casts a shadow on the earth - this is known as an
_____________ |
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eclipse
(Hey, My Mom drives that!) |
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the asteroid belt is between which two planets?
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NASA
National Aeronautics & __________ Administration |
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SPACE!
(yes, the exclamation point is a little over dramatic)
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