Stars and the Solar System Vocabulary by Kathleen Wood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c Vocabulary Words and their Definitions for our CFKN Stars and Solar System Unit en-us 2017-09-04 18:53:05 UTC 2017-09-04 20:59:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Space kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184568854 The region beyond the earth's atmosphere or beyond the solar system
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space)]]> 2017-09-04 18:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184568854 Universe kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184568952 All matter and energy, including Earth, the galaxies, and the contents of space
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Universe.html)

]]> 2017-09-04 18:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184568952 Solar System kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569326 The sun and all the planets, moons, comets and asteroids that move around the sun 
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Solar_System.html)]]> 2017-09-04 19:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569326 Sun kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569546 The star in our solar system
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Spacewalk.html)]]> 2017-09-04 19:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569546 Planets kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569834 Large round objects that revolve around a star.  In our solar system, there are 8 known planets:  Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus.
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Planets.html)]]> 2017-09-04 19:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569834 Star kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569874 A huge ball of very hot, glowing gas that gives off both heat and light
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Spacewalk.html)



]]> 2017-09-04 19:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184569874 Dwarf Planet kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184570564 A celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit.  Pluto is one of 5 known dwarf planets in our solar system.
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwarf%20planet)]]> 2017-09-04 19:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184570564 Asteroid kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184570960 A rocky object in space that can be a few feet wide to several hundred miles wide. Most asteroids in the solar system orbit in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Asteroid.html)]]> 2017-09-04 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184570960 Comet kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184571244  A ball of frozen gases, rock and dust that is about the size of a small town. Comets orbit the sun. Jets of gas and dust from comets form long tails that can be seen from Earth.
(https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Comet.html)]]> 2017-09-04 19:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184571244 Gas Giants kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184571818 A gas giant, also known as a jovian planet after the planet Jupiter, gaseous giant, or giant planet, is a large planet which has at least ten times the mass of Earth, located in the outer solar system.


Unlike terrestrial planets whose composition is rocky, gas giants have a mostly gaseous composition, such as hydrogen and helium. They do have some rocky material, although this is most often found in the planet core.

The four gas giants are (in order of distance from the Sun): Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
(https://theplanets.org/gas-giants/)
]]> 2017-09-04 19:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184571818 Rocky or Terrestrial Planets kawood https://padlet.com/kawood/uk7sqr40rv2c/wish/184572325 Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called "rocky" or "terrestrial" planets. They are similar to Earth in composition. Heat from the Sun evaporated lightweight elements like hydrogen and helium into interplanetary space. Mostly rock and metal was left in this zone and clumped together to form the inner rocky planets.
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