AIA REVIEW PART 2

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What does conserving resources mean?

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Protecting the resource so it does not run out.

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What is at the center of our Solar System?

Back

The Sun.

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What tool would you use to study objects that are far away like stars and space?

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Telescope.

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The outer planets are known as the?

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Gas giants.

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What is our Sun?

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A medium-sized star.

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What is a planet?

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A large body that orbits a star.

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What is a star?

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A massive ball of hot gas that produces light and heat.

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What are asteroids?

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Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun.

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What is a comet?

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A small icy body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to release gases.

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What is the Milky Way?

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The galaxy that contains our Solar System.