Unit 4: Solar System Notes & Vocab

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Most common elements in the universe:

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Hydrogen & Helium

Front

Stars are fueled by

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Nuclear Fusion

Front

A star is a massive celestial object that produces its own...

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light

Front

Center of our solar system?

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Sun

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Mercury is the smallest planet.

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True

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2nd planet from the sun?

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Venus

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Earth and Saturn are the only planets with oceans.

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False

Front

Result of collision between early Earth and a Mars-sized object?

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Moon

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Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system.

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2nd

Front

Cosmic dirty snowball made of ice, gases, rocks, and dust.

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Comet