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Ch12L2
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Introducing the solar system
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What objects make up the solar system?
The sun, the planets and their moons, and a variety of smaller objects
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Why do scientists use AU to measure distances in the solar system?
Distances are so large that they can't be easily measured in meters or kilometers
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What is the distance of one AU?
The average distance between Earth and the sun; about 150,000,000 kilometers
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What does AU stand for?
Astronomical Unit
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What is the center of our solar system?
The sun
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How much of the mass of the solar system is contained within the sun?
About 99.85%
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How does the size of our sun compare to the size of other stars?
It is midsized; there are stars that have volumes a thousand times greater than the sun
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What is a planet?
A round object that orbits the sun and has cleared out the region of the solar system along its orbit
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What are the eight planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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How is a dwarf planet different from a planet?
It has not cleared the area of its orbit
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Which two planets have no natural satellites?
Mercury and Venus
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Which two planets have more than sixty moons?
Jupiter and Saturn
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What are some smaller objects found in the solar system?
Asteroids and comets
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How old do scientists think the solar system is?
4.6 billion years old
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How do scientists think the solar system formed?
A cloud of hydrogen, helium, rock, ice, and other materials pulled together by gravity
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What happened to the spinning disk of material that scientists theorize formed the solar system?
Temperature and pressure became so high that hydrogen atoms pressed together to form helium which gave off energy
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