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Solar System
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Science
4th Grade
01/08/2016

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gas planets
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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terrestrial planets
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Jupiter
Definition
The largest planet in the solar system.
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moon
Definition
The Earth's small rocky satellite
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sun
Definition
an average size star
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93,000,000
Definition
How far Earth is from the sun
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rotation
Definition
the spinning of the Earth on its axis
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revolution
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The Earth traveling around the sun.
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day and night
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rotation causes this
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Why we have seasons
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Earth's tilt
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Aristotle and Ptolemy
Definition
believed the earth was center of solar system
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Copernicus and Galileo
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believed the sun was the center of the solar system
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new moon
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This moon is always between Earth and the sun.
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orbit
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The pathway taken by an object in space.
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NASA Apollo mission
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Added greatly to our understanding of the moon
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moon
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This revolves around the Earth
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Earth
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This planet is constantly changing
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