Solar System Review

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What is the center of our solar system?

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The Sun.

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What are objects made of ice, dust, and rocks that orbit the Sun?

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Comets.

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What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars known as?

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Rocky planets.

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What do we call scientists who study the solar system and outer space?

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Astronomers.

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What are the furthest four planets from the Sun called?

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Outer planets.

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter.

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What is the term for the path that planets take around the Sun?

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Orbit.

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What is the name of the fourth planet from the Sun?

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Mars.

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What are the two types of planets in our solar system?

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Rocky and gaseous planets.

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What is the name of the belt located between Mars and Jupiter?

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Asteroid belt.