Our Solar System
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1. the fourth planet from the sun; the second smallest planet in the solar system Pluto
2. the third planet from the sun; home to many strange and wondrous forms of life Mars
3. the sixth planet from the sun; second largest planet, and famous for the large rings of debris which orbit around it Mercury
4. the second planet from the sun; nearly the size of Earth The Moon
5. the star at the center of our solar system; the source for the energy which made and which continues to make life on Earth possible Venus
6. the fifth planet from the sun; the largest planet in our solar system Earth
7. Earth's natural satellite; its gravitational pull on large bodies of water as it passes overhead causes the tides Asteroid Belt
8. a band of asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter Saturn
9. the closest planet to the sun; currently classified as the smallest planet in our solar system Kuiper Belt
10. the eighth planet from the sun; orbits our star once every 164 Earth years The Sun
11. a region that lies beyond the planets and which contains several dwarf planets (including Pluto) and a multitude of smaller objects that are in orbit around the sun Jupiter
12. the seventh planet from the sun; it has the coldest atmosphere of any of the planets Uranus
13. once classified as the ninth planet from the sun, but now considered to be one of several dwarf planets Neptune



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