Solar System

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What is the center of our solar system?

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The Sun.

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What is the region between Mars and Jupiter that contains thousands of rocky objects?

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The Asteroid belt.

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How many planets are there in our solar system?

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8.

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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 separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

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The asteroid belt.

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Name the four inner planets of the solar system.

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

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Name the four outer planets of the solar system.

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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What is a dwarf planet?

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A celestial body that orbits the Sun and is similar to a planet but does not clear its orbit of other debris.

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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 smallest planet in our solar system?

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Mercury.

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