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Solar System by Khameron Swann
Solar System - Ch. 3
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Astronomy
7th Grade
02/07/2013

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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 earth as the center
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Who lived earlier Galileo or Copernicus
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Copernicus
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Who was on house arrest for his views on the solar system
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Galileo
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Who did not share his views on the solar systems until on his deathbed
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Copernicus
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Nicknamed "te red planet"
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Mars
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Largest planet
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Jupiter
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Has two moons
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Mars
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Is knonwn for its rings
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Saturn
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Has the hottest surfac temperature because of its thick atmosphere
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Venus
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Has the red spot
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Jupiter
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70% of it is covered in water
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Earth
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Has icecaps but not Earth
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Mars
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Its axis of rotation is tilted on its side
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Uranus
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Least dense planet
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Saturn
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Has 13 moons
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Neptune
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Smallest planet
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Mercury
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Titan is one of its moons
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Saturn
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Similar in size to Earth
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Venus
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Second largest planet
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Saturn
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Has 27 moons
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Uranus
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Has largest moon in the Solar System
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Jupiter
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Has largest volcano in Solar System
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Mars
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Has one moons
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Earth
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Farthest planet from the Sun
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Neptune
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Closest planet to the Sun
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Mercury
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Blue color of these two planets
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Uranus and Neptune
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Due the Methane gas
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Uranus
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He thought planets traveled differently speeds in oval in (eliptical orbits)
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Kepler
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Planets that are rocky, more dense, iron core
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Inner planets
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Planets that are larger, gaseous, less dense
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Outer Planets
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People who thought the Earth was the cente of the Solar System
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Greeks
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