Science Vocabulary Big Idea #13 + More

Composed of gas, dust, many stars and anything that orbits those stars

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Planets

• Comets

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Made of gas and give off their own light and heat (solar energy)

• Planets

• Stars

• Comets

• Asteroids

A galaxy that contains our solar system

• Outer planets

• Moons

• Milky way

• Inner planets

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Consists of the sun and everything that orbits and travels around the Sun.

• Sun

• Planets

• Moons

• Asteroids

• Solar System

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The only star at the center of the solar system. It is a hot ball of gasses that gives off light and heat.

• Asteroids

• Independent Variable

• Solar System

• Planets

• Sun

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Large spherical (round) objects in space that have their own orbit around the sun and don't produce their own light.

• Moons

• Planets

• Sun

• Galaxy

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Asteroids

• Small irregularly shaped bodies that are made of rocks and metals that orbit around the Sun. They are mostly found in a belt after Mars.

• A chunk of rock or metal from space that falls through the atmosphere.

• Large balls of ice that are mostly frozen gas and rock

• the path of an object around a particular point in space

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Inner planets

• The Solar System's four closest planets to the Sun- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

• Orbits around the Earth every 27.3 days

• Consists of the Sun and everything that orbits the Sun

• Composed of gas, dust, and many stars

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Solar system's four farthest planets from the Sun - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They are large, mostly made of gas and dust, have many moons and are cool to cold.

• Asteriods

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Moons

• Comets

Orbits around the Earth every 27.3 days and rotates on its axis.

• Moon

• Earth

• Sun

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

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