Solar System

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What is the path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun?

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Orbit

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What is the habitable zone?

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An area that is just the right distance from the sun, or other star, that it is not too hot or too cold & could be able to support life.

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List the planets in the correct order from the Sun.

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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Why do the planets orbit the sun?

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The sun is so massive that it has a very large gravitational pull, which causes objects to orbit it.

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What is the habitable zone?

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A zone with the correct distance away from a star where life may be able to exist.

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What is gravity?

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A force that attracts two bodies towards each other, such as the Earth and the Moon.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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What is a galaxy?

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A massive system that contains stars, star clusters, dust, gas, and dark matter, bound together by gravity.

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What is the difference between a planet and a star?

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A planet orbits a star and does not produce its own light, while a star generates light and heat through nuclear fusion.

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter.

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What is an asteroid?

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A small rocky body that orbits the sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.