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- 2. Planets with a well defined rocky surface, also the closest four planets to the sun.
- 7. The name that refers to the furthest planets from the sun, they are also Gas Giants.
- 8. Which planet is the closest to the sun.
- 11. These are celestial objects that orbit another celestial body that is larger than itself. An examples of one would be the moon. (2 words)
- 13. Celestial objects composed of rock and other minerals, they are rocky and usually irregularly shaped.
- 14. The name that refers to the four planets who don't have a well defined surface, they are also the four furthest planets from the sun. (2 words)
- 15. The name that refers to the four planets closest to the sun, which are all terrestrial.
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- 1. Which planet is the only one capable of sustaining life in our solar system.
- 3. A planet best known for its rings which are made of ice and rock, although it isn't the only planet with rings.
- 4. An object composed of dust, frozen gases and rock. they have "tails" that form when they get close to the sun and begin to melt. It also has an elliptical orbit.
- 5. The largest planet in our solar system, it also has 79 moons.
- 6. The farthest planet away from the sun, and also the coldest one in our solar system.
- 9. Which terrestrial planet is referred to as the red planet due to its high abundance of iron oxides giving it a reddish color.
- 10. Which planet in our solar system has the highest temperature.
- 12. A planet best known for the large tilt on its axis, it is also often mispronounced.