Solar System

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Solar System

• 3rd Grade
• Katonya Beaubouef

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Solar System

• The sun and all the objects that orbit around it.

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Orbit

• A path that an object takes as it moves around
  the sun.

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Planet

• A large body of rock or gas that orbits around
  the sun.

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Asteroid

• A large piece of rock or metal that orbits the
  sun.

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Different asteroid belts in our solar system
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Comet

• A ball of dust and ice that orbits around the sun.

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The Sun

• Center of solar system
• A star ball of hot glowing gas
• Very hot and large
• All the planets orbit around it.

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Name the 4 inner planets in order from the sun.

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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Name the 5 outer planets in order from the sun.

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto

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How are the inner planets the same?

• Smaller and warmer
• Have rocky surfaces
• Have no more than 2 moons

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How are the outer planets the same?

• Made mostly of frozen gas
• Larger and colder
• Have more than 2 moons

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What planet is the largest?
Jupiter
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When is a comet visible from Earth?

• A comet is visible when it passes close to the
  sun.