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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all _ _ _ _ _ planets.
What is outer.
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Name the four inner planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
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The asteroid belt is located between what two planets?
What is Mars and Jupiter
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The 2nd planet from the Sun is...
What is Venus
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Earth makes a complete _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in one day.
What is rotation
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T/F: Tides are high when the Moon and Sun form almost a 90 degree angle with Earth.
What is False - LOW
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T/F: A New Moon is the phase of the Moon when it is passing between Earth and the Sun.
What is True
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T/F: Earth orbits in a rectangular shape around the Sun.
What is False - elliptical.
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T/F:Earth spins around in a circle on its axis.
What is True
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T/F: A "shooting star" is just that -- a shooting star.
What is False - meteor
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The area that is _______ the Sun, experiences warmer weather conditions and is experiencing Summer.
What is facing
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Dents found on the Moon and other planets are called ________.
What is craters
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Name the four gaseous planets in our solar system.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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Meteoroids are just small ____________.
What is asteroids.
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When a meteoroid hits the Earth it is called a ___________.
What is Meteorite
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What is the name of a rocky mass up to several hundred km wide that revolves around the Sun? And where can this rock be found?
What is Asteroid and in the asteroid belt
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A meteor changes into a meteoroid when it does what?
What is passes through Earth's atmosphere.
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Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the Moon?
What is The Moon has no water or wind to erode the craters.
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How does Earth's rotation on its axis help keep the planet at proper temperatures for life?
What is The Earth rotates quickly on its axis, causing day and night to quickly follow each other in a short period of time. This is what helps keeps temperatures mild enough for life. If Earth rotates more slowly, days would be too long and hot and nights would be too long and cold.
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What part of the comet exists both when the comet is close to the Sun and far away from the Sun?
What is The nucleus is the part of the comet that exists at both of these times while orbiting the Sun.
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What causes Mars and Saturn to have years of different lengths?
What is Their revolution around the Sun takes different amounts of time. Mars is closer to the Sun, travels faster, and is in a smaller orbit. Saturn moves more slowly and has a longer orbit.
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What is an asteroid?
What is A LARGE rocky mass that revolves around the Sun.
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What is a meteoroid?
What is A smaller asteroid. It forms when a meteor hits the Earth's atmosphere. MOST meteoroids burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere.
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Another name for a meteor is ...?
What is "shooting star"
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A meteoroid becomes what if it strikes the Earth?
What is a meteorite! A meteorite is a piece of rock from a meteor that lands on Earth.
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