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Get to Know Our Solar System |
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| Directions: Use the underlined internet site to answer the question or questions below each internet address. | |
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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/sshome.html Draw a picture of the solar system and label each planet.
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http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/sshome.html The planets travel in oval shaped paths around the sun called ____________________. One complete path around the sun is called an _______________________. Each planet rotates or spins on its __________________________.
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| 3. http://www.nineplanets.org/overview.html The inner solar system contains ______________, ______________, _______________, __________________, and _____________________. The planets of the outer solar system are ___________________, __________________, __________________, ____________________, and ________________________.
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http://www.nineplanets.org/mercury.html
 Mercury is the closest planet to the __________________ and the __________________largest planet.
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5.
http://www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
Venus is the _______________ planet from the sun. It is the ______________________ planet known to the ancients.
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6. http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html
___________________ is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest planet. It is the only planet that supports life.
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http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html
The moon is the only natural satellite of the _____________________. How often does the moon orbit around the earth? __________________________
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8.
http://www.nineplanets.org/mars.html
 Mars is the ______________________ planet from the sun and the _______________largest planet.
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http://www.nineplanets.org/jupiter.html
 _________________________ is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest planet.
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10.
http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html
 Saturn is the _________________ planet from the sun and the second largest planet.
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11.
http://www.nineplanets.org/uranus.html
 Uranus is the __________________ planet from the sun and the _______________largest planet.
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12.
http://www.nineplanets.org/neptune.html
 _____________________ is the eighth planet from the sun and the fourth largest planet.
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13.
http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html
Pluto is the _________________ planet from the sun (usually) and it is the ___________planet.
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http://www.nineplanets.org/smallbodies.html There are thousands of known ___________________ and ______________________ in the solar system. Most asteroids orbit between ____________________ and _______________________. Very small rocks orbiting the sun are sometimes called __________________________. The space between the planets is not empty at all. It contains a great deal of __________and _________________.
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