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Jack Stanleys solar system
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Astronomy
7th Grade
02/04/2013

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Earth
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has ice caps and axis is tilted on its side
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Mars
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has ice caps and also has two moons
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Mercury
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closest to the Sun and the seconed smallest planet
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Saturn
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seconed largest planet,
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Uranus
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DWAHG
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Earth
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70% water and has one moon
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Mars
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the nickname is the red planet
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Earth
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atmosphere supports life
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Mars
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largest volcano in the galaxy
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Mercury
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no moons and no atmosphere
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Saturn
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has 47 moons and has complex rings
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Uranus
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seconed farthest planet from the Sun
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Uranus
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blue do to methane gas
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Uranus
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has 27 moons
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Neptune
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farthest planet from the Sun
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Neptune
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has 13 moons
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Venus
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has the hottest tempreture and a thick atmosphere
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Venus
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similar to the size of Earth
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Neptune
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is blue because of methane gas
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Saturn
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Titan is one of its moons
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Who lived ealier Galileo or Copernicus?
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Copernicus
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Who shared his views only until his death bed
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Copernicus
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who was on house arrest for his views
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Galileo
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heliocentrism
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having the sun as the center
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geocentrism
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having the as the center
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Oort cloud
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collection of comets past Pluto
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Ceres
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largest asteriod
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Pluto
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dwarf planet made of ice and dirt and used to be 9th planet
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Solar system
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made up of 8 planets
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Inner planets
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smaller, rocky, more dense, iron care
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Outer planets
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larger, more gaseos, and less dense
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Meteor
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shooting star- burns up entering atmospere
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Meteorites
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meteor that hits a planet surface
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Meteoroid
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parts of a comet or asteroid, float in space
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