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Here is a planet worksheet in which learners read about organic molecules detected through spectral lines of the planet Osiris. They calculate the mass, the volume and the densities of common ingredients for planets including Osiris and Jupiter.

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organic molecules, molecules, density, volume

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density, organic molecules, spectral lines, volume, math
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7th - 9th
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