Solar System

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Gravity pulls objects...

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downward to the center of the Earth

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What causes day and night?

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Earth's rotation on its axis

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What causes our seasons here on Earth? Options: Stars in our universe, Our revolution around the moon, Earth's tilted axis and our rotation, The revolution of Earth around the sun and Earth's tilted axis

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The revolution of Earth around the sun and Earth's tilted axis

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This is the first planet from the Sun; it is very hot in the day and very cold in the night.

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Mercury

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The fifth planet from the Sun; this is the LARGEST planet in the Solar System.

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Jupiter

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These are the 4 planets closest to the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars).

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inner planets

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This is the nearest star to Earth.

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the sun

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These are the four planets FARTHEST from the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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outer planets

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The time it takes for the Earth to Orbit the Sun

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year

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The Earth goes around the Sun in a large circular path called an

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orbit