Scientific Concepts and Terminology

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What is the Sun and everything that orbits it called?

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Solar System

Front

What is the star at the center of our solar system called?

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Sun

Front

What do you call a plant that makes its own food through photosynthesis?

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Producer

Front

What is the process plants use to make food from sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

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What do you call a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky?

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Constellation

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What is the term for a large system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity?

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Galaxy

Front

What do you call the path that a planet takes around the Sun?

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Orbit

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What is the term for the force that pulls objects toward each other?

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Gravity

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What do you call an animal that eats plants?

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Herbivore

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What is the term for organisms that break down dead material?

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Decomposer