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What Is A Planetary System?

The document discusses key concepts about our solar system including what constitutes a planetary system and what objects it contains such as planets and stars. It focuses on defining our own solar system and its main star, the Sun. Details are provided on the structure and characteristics of the Sun, including why it is considered a nuclear reactor. The document also defines what makes an object a planet and how planets are classified in our solar system, with a table left incomplete for the reader to fill in characteristics of the planets.
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What Is A Planetary System?

The document discusses key concepts about our solar system including what constitutes a planetary system and what objects it contains such as planets and stars. It focuses on defining our own solar system and its main star, the Sun. Details are provided on the structure and characteristics of the Sun, including why it is considered a nuclear reactor. The document also defines what makes an object a planet and how planets are classified in our solar system, with a table left incomplete for the reader to fill in characteristics of the planets.
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1. What is a planetary system?

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2. What is gravity?

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3. What is our planetary system and our star?

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4. What is the plane of the ecliptic?

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5. What is the Sun?

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6. Why is the Sun a nuclear reactor?

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7. Label the Sun with the different parts of its structure and explain its characteristics.

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8. How old is the Sun? When did it originate?

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9. What is a planet?

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10. How are planets classified?


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11. Complete the chart with the characteristics of the planets of the Solar System.

CHARACTERISTICS DISTANCE AND SATELLITES MOVEMENTS


MASS
MERCURY

VENUS

EARTH

MARS

JUPITER

SATURN

URANUS

NEPTUNE

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