Solar System Flashcards

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Comet

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A ball of ice and rock that orbits the sun.

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Inertia

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The tendency for an object to stay in motion.

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Meteor

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A meteoroid from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere,

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Meteorite

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A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.

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Meteoroid

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A small rocky or metallic body in outer space that orbits the sun.

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Planet

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A large body orbiting around a star.

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Solar System

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The collection of planets and their moons, stars and other bodies in orbit around the sun.

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Olympus Mons

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A large shield volcano on the planet Mars. It is the tallest planetary mountain in the Solar System.

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Kuiper Belt

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A region of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.