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| planets in our solar system |
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1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Just
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune |
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| inner terrestrial planets |
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1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars |
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1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Neptune |
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| planets that have not become gravitationally dominant or have an irregular orbit (i.e. Pluto) |
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| Earth completes one rotation on its axis every 24 hours |
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| Earth completes one revolution around the sun every 365 1/4 days; the moon revolves around Earth about once every month |
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| gives Earth its seasons during its revolution; creates the phases of the moon |
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1. new
2. waxing crescent
3. first quarter
4. waxing gibbous
5. full
6. waning gibbous
7. last quarter
8. waning crescent |
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| Earth-centered model of the solar system |
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| sun-centered model of the solar system; Galileo invented the telescope |
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| incerased our understanding of the moon |
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| an area over which surface water flows to a single collection place |
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1. Chesapeake Bay watershed which covers about half of VA's land area
2. Gulf of Mexico
3. North Carolina sound |
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1. plants
2. farmable land
3. coal
4. sand and rocks
5. animals
6. clean water and air
7. beautiful scenery |
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1. groundwater
2. lakes
3. reservoirs
4. rivers
5. bays
6. Atlantic Ocean |
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