Solar System Flashcards

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Largest planet in the solar system

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Jupiter

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Smallest planet in the solar system

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Mercury

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Planet that rotates on its side

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Uranus

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What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

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The asteroid belt

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A piece of space debris that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up

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Meteor

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A small, rocky object that orbits the sun

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Asteroid

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A meteor that makes it through the atmosphere and falls to the ground

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Meteorite

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Another name for the inner planets

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Terrestrial

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The outer planets are also known as

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Gas giants

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Characteristics of the terrestrial planets

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Rocky, smaller