Solar System

What is made up of the planets, Sun, and other objects?

• Stars

• Solar System

• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Gigantic balls of fire - bodies of gas that can make their own light

• Stars

• Solar System

• Sun

A large ball of burning gases, one large star, center of the solar system

• Stars

• Solar System

• Sun

First planet from the sun, located in the Inner Solar System. Covered with craters

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Second planet from the sun, located in the Inner Solar System. Hottest and brightest planet

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Third planet from the sun, located in the Inner Solar System. The only planet with water, which allows plants and animals to live

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fourth planet from the sun, located in the Inner Solar System. Called the Red Planet, because of reddish rocks that cover it.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The fifth planet from the sun, located in the Outer Solar System. Largest planet in our solar system, has a constant storm called the Great Red Spot

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sixth planet from the sun, located in the Outer Solar System. Second largest planet in our solar system, has large rings around it

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The seventh planet from the sun, located in the Outer Solar System. Smallest of the four gas giants

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3