| Our Solar System | The moon and the forces of our universe | |
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What is the core
The place in the sun where fusion occurs
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What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
The four inner planets, in order from the sun
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What is waxing
The name that is used to describe a "growing" moon
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What is the photosphere
The part of the sun that we see from Earth
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What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
The five outer planets
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What is elliptical
Most satellites revolve around other objects in this shape
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What is helium and hydrogen
The two gases involved in fusion
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What is a planet
A body that revolves around a star
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What is gravity
The attraction that pulls objects toward Earth
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What is a star
A huge sphere of very hot gases
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What is an axis
An imaginary line on which an object, such as earth, rotates
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What is a new moon
The name given to the moon when it is between Earth and the sun
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What is a solar flare
A brief burst of energy and matter from the sun's photosphere
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What is a meteorite
A meteor that reaches Earth's surface
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What is orbit
The path that a body follows as it revolves around another body
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