Study Jams Our Solar System: Outer Planets

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What is the Giant Red Spot on planet Jupiter?

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an over 300 year storm

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What is the dwarf planet Pluto part of?

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the Kuiper belt

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Which planet is the farthest from the Sun?

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Neptune

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Why are dwarf planets not considered planets?

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They have other objects in their orbit

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What makes up the asteroid belt?

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millions of rocks

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What is a dwarf planet?

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A celestial body that orbits the Sun and is similar to a planet but does not clear its orbit of other debris.

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Name the four outer planets of our solar system.

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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What is the main component of Saturn's rings?

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Ice and rock particles

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What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

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A region of the solar system beyond Neptune, filled with small icy bodies.