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Summary
Fill in the blanks to complete the summary.
Our solar system is made up of the sun and the planets that go around the
eight planets
sun. There are ______________________ in our solar system. The four planets
closest to the sun
______________________ (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are the inner planets.
The four planets ______________________ the sun (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
far away from
balls of hot gas
Neptune) are the outer planets. Stars are ______________________, and the sun
is also a star. People who study space are astronomers.
balls of hot gas far away from eight planets closest to the sun
Unit 4 | Looking into Space