Structure of the Solar System

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Why do all the planets orbit the sun in the same direction?

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The solar system includes (blank)

• planets

• comets

• asteroids

• asteroids

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Modeling the ​

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system is difficult because of ​

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and ​

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.​ ​

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solar

scale

perspective

model

objects

stars

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Distances between objects combined with their small size is what type of problem?

• scale

• modeling

• perspective

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What type of problem is caused because objects in space are always moving relative to each other?

• scale

• modeling

• perspective

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The​

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is the ​

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object in the solar system that can contain ​

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Earth-sized planets.

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largest

1.3 million

sun

moon

smallest

1.3 billion

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Objects that orbit the sun makes up the solar system.

• True

• False

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•The sun has ​

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the​

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of the Earth, but it is so large that it has ​

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times more ​

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one-fourth

333,000

density

mass.

half

volume

1,000

gravity