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15. The Solar System

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Chapter: 15. The Solar System

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The Sun, the Moon, and the stars are natural objects also called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

heavenly bodies

The Sun and its family of eight planets, their satellites, and also pieces of rocks, dust, and gases form the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

solar system

The Sun is a star which is closest to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Earth

A Pole Star is also known as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

North Star

A planet is a heavenly body that travels around the Sun in a fixed path called an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

orbit

Earth completes one orbit around the Sun in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ days.

365 1/4

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the smallest planet in our solar system.

Mercury

The brightest and hottest planet in the solar system is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Venus

The Earth is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as it appears blue from space.

blue planet

Mars is also known as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ planet.

red

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the largest planet in the solar system.

Jupiter

Saturn is surrounded by many rings made of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ice crystals

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the farthest planet from the Sun.

Neptune

A satellite is an object that goes around a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

planet

All planets in the solar system, except _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, have natural satellites.

Mercury, Venus

The moon is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ satellite of the Earth.

natural

Large pits on the surface of the moon are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

craters

A group of thousands of stars forms a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

galaxy

Our solar system belongs to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ galaxy.

Milky Way

Groups of stars that form a pattern in the sky are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

constellations

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