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What is a planet?
What is a planet?a large ball of rock or gas that moves around the sun
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What is the path that the Earth takes around the sun called?
an orbit
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What is a group of stars that forms a pattern called?
a constellation
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What is a huge ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light called?
a star
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What is another word for rotate?
spin
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What is the planet that has the shortest orbit around the sun?
Mercury
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What is the planet that is 2nd closest to the sun?
Venus
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What is it called when the Earth rotates?
turning or spinning
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What is the time of day when the shadows are the longest?
in the late afternoon
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What is something that happens when the Earth rotates?
we have day and night
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What is the closest star in our galaxy?
the sun
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What is the word that describes the moon's movement around Earth?
orbit
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Why is Saturn's orbit longer than Earth's?
Saturn is farther away from the sun.
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How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?
one year
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What is an object that rotates the same way Earth rotates?
a wheel that spins
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What causes objects in the sky to seem to move in patterns?
the Earth rotating
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How many times does the sun seem to rise in one week?
7
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