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Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time

Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time




planet
dwarf planet
a large, round body that
revolves around a star
nearly round bodies whose
orbits cross the orbits of other
bodies; Pluto is a dwarf planet.
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asteroid
comets
rock and iron objects
that orbit the sun
a chunk of frozen gases, rock,
ice and dust; Comets have long
orbits around the sun.
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a
Milky Way
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inner planets
the galaxy of which
the Earths Solar
System is part

Mercury Venus Earth Mars
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Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune


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outer planets
solar system
a large system made up of a
star and the planets and
other space objects that
revolve around it
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Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time




Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time


galaxy
universe
a group of billions of stars,
the objects that orbit the
stars, gas, and dust

everything that exists
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Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time





astronomy
constellation
the study of objects in
space and their
characteristics
a pattern of stars that has been defined
and often given a name; Constellations
and stars have distinct patters of
apparent movement through the sky.

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star

Grade 5 The Solar System and the Universe - Earth in Space and Time


composition
huge balls of hot, glowing
gases that produce their
own heat and light
the manner in which parts are
combined