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33 Cards in this Set
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after it hits earth a meteroid is called a ?
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meteorite
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the planet BLANK is sometimes called earths twin
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venus
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the planet BLANK may be an escaped moon or comet
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dwarf pluto
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the BLANK is a giant storm on jupiter
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the great red spot
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a BLANK is made up of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water,methane,and ammonia
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comet
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the planet BLANK apperently shrank in diameter
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mercury
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the BLANK blet lies between the orbits of mars and jupiter
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asteroid belt
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the BLANK has 8 planets
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solar system
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methane gives BLANK its distinctice blue-green color
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neptune
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because its density is so low the planet BLANK would float in water
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saturn
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the planet BLANK is one astronomical unit (au) from the sun
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earth
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io,europa,callisto, and ganymede are all moons of
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jupiter
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the planet BLANKis fourth from the sun
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mars
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a meteroid that burns up in earths atmosphere is called an
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meteor
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the axis of rotation of BLANK is tilted on its side
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uranis
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a meteor is a meteoroid that burns up in earths atmosphere
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true
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a meteoroid composed of dust and rock particles and frozen gases and a nucleous coma and tail
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false meteoroid should be comet
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the heavily cratered planet closest to the sun is pluto
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false pluto should be mercury
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one third from sun mars water exists as a solid liquid and gas
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true
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the martian atmoshphere is much thinner than earths
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true
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the largest gaseous planet with thin dark rings and 18 satellites is neptune
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fasle neptune should be uranis
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meteroites are small pieces of rock moving in space
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false meteroite should me meteroid
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the sun and all objects orbiting it makes up the solar system
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true
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a large gaseous planet with the lowest density and 18 moons is saturn
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true
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the second planet from the sun is 450 degrees c caused by the green house effect is mercury
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false mercury should be venus
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an astronomical unit (au) is 150 milliion kilometers
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true
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a comet is a meteroid that stikes earth
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false comet should be meteroite
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the reddish-yellow planet has polar ice caps and is the fourth planet from the sun is jupiter
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false jupiter should be mars
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a large blue-green planet gaseous planet similair to uranis and neptune
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true
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a large swriling gas storm on jupiter is the io
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false io should be the great red spot
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the outer planets are mars earth venus and mercury
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false outer planets should be inner planets
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usaully the outer most planet of the solar system is neptune
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false neptune should be pluto
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the inner planets are pluto uranis neptune saturn and jupiter
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false inner planets should be outer planets
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