Our Solar System

Solar System

• A representation of something that can help us understand how it works.

  
  

• The Sun together with the group of planets and other celestial bodies that revolve

  around it that is held by its gravitational attraction.

  
  

• The star at the center of the solar system that supplies heat and light to Earth.

• Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system.

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A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• Moon

• Sun

• Solar System

• Space ship

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Some planets have no moons, and others have over ⎽⎽⎽ moons.

A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.

• Jupiter

• Black Hole

• Star

• Moon

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Planet

• A limited representation of something that can help us understand its structure or how it works.

• The path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space.

  
  

• A natural satellite that orbits a moon.

• Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun in the solar system.

  
  

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The third planet from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system where life exists is called...

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Revolution

• The path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space.

  
  

• Making a complete spin on an axis.

  
  

• Making a complete turn around another object.

  
  

• A political and military conflict between Great Britain and the 13 North American colonies that lasted from 1765 to 1783.

Rotation

• Making a complete spin on an axis.

  
  

• Making a complete turn around another object.

  
  

• A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

• A method of cooking meat or a device used to cook meat.

The path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solar System

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A limited representation of something that can help us understand its structure or how it works.

• Model

• Solar System

• Revolution

• Star

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