Planets vocab

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Terrestrial refers to the 4 inner rocky planets.

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The name given to the 4 inner rocky planets.

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Gaseous means:

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No solid surface

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What is a comet?

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Cold mixture of dust and ice with a tail.

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Asteroid?

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Irregular rocky object.

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Celestial bodies?

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Natural objects that orbit the sun/visible in the night sky.

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Composition: What is it?

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What something is made of

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Surface definition

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The outer layer of something

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Scale Factor?

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Ratio of length in a drawing to the true length of an object.

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Model of something?

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A representation of something too hard to understand

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Atmosphere?

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Gases surrounding the planets