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Meet the Planets - Sylvan Dell Publishing

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Word Definition Part of Speech Spanish<br />

outer on or around <strong>the</strong> outside of adjective externo<br />

something, far from <strong>the</strong> center<br />

of something<br />

outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,<br />

Neptune, and Pluto (all<br />

noun<br />

planetas<br />

exteriores<br />

gaseous with rings)<br />

oxygen a colorless and odorless gas noun<br />

oxígeno<br />

that is needed by people and<br />

animals to live<br />

planet a large ball of rock and/or gas noun<br />

planeta<br />

that orbits a star (in our case,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Sun)<br />

Pluto named for <strong>the</strong> Roman god of noun<br />

Plutón<br />

<strong>the</strong> underworld, used to be<br />

considered a planet but now<br />

considered a dwarf planet<br />

poles ei<strong>the</strong>r ends of <strong>the</strong> earth , North noun<br />

polos<br />

and South Poles<br />

predict to make an educated guess, verb<br />

predecir<br />

based on evidence or a pattern<br />

predict to make an educated guess verb<br />

predecir<br />

about an outcome<br />

Ptolemy an ancient Greek (90-168 AD) noun<br />

Ptolomeo<br />

astronomer who came up with<br />

<strong>the</strong> first <strong>the</strong>ories of <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

solar system.<br />

revolution <strong>the</strong> motion of <strong>the</strong> planets in noun<br />

revolución<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir orbit around <strong>the</strong> Sun<br />

revolve to move in a curved path<br />

around a center or axis<br />

verb<br />

girar en<br />

órbita<br />

ring<br />

(planetary)<br />

circle of ice around an outer<br />

planet (Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus,<br />

noun<br />

anillo<br />

planetario<br />

Neptune)<br />

rocky having lots of or made of rocks adjective de roca<br />

rotate to turn about an axis or a verb<br />

rotación<br />

center<br />

satellite any object, man-made or<br />

natural, that orbits ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

body.<br />

noun<br />

satélite<br />

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