Solar System

small body made of rock and metal that orbits the sun typically in the inner solar system

• asteroid

• asteroid belt

• revolve

• astronomical unit

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large body that orbits around the sun

• planet

• dwarf planet

• moon

• Earth's axis

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huge planet made mostly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, such as as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. There are two known ice giants in the solar system, Uranus and Neptune

• ice giant

• asteroid

• dwarf planet

• Kuiper Belt

large, massive, low-density planet composed primarily of hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammonia in either gaseous or liquid state

• gas giant

• planet

• comet

• asteroid belt

the gases surrounding a star or planetary body held in place by gravity

• atmosphere

• orbit

• meteoroid

• dwarf planet

a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the solar system, the terrestrial planets are the inner planets closest to the sun, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

• terrestrial planet

• solar system

• asteroid

• comet

spherical shell of comet-like bodies believed to surround the sun far beyond the orbits of the outer most planets

• Oort cloud

• atmosphere

• solar system

• planet

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the amount of time it takes for a given object to complete one orbit around another object

• orbital period

• Oort cloud

• terrestrial planet

• gas giant

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

average distance between the Earth and the sun

• astronomical unit

• elliptical revolution

• ecliptic

• terrestrial planet

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which is the biggest planet of the solar system

• JUPITER

• SATURN

• MERCURY

• URANUS

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