Transcript The Solar System

The Solar System
By Julie Dort
The Solar System
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Our solar system
consists of: the sun
the nine planets (and
their moons)
It also has an asteroid
belt, and many comets
and meteors.
The Moon
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The moon is a cold,
dry orb whose surface
is studded with craters
and strewn with rocks
and dust.
The moon dust is
called regolith.
SUN
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Our sun is a star
located at the center of
our solar system.
It is a huge, spinning
ball of hot gas and
nuclear reactions that
lights up the Earth and
provides us with heat.
Mercury
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Mercury is the planet
closest to the sun in
our solar system.
It is small, rocky
planet has almost no
atmosphere.
VENUS
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Venus is the second
planet from the sun in
our solar system.
It is the hottest planet
in our Solar System.
EARTH
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The Earth is the third
planet from the sun
in our solar system.
It is the planet we
evolved on and the
only planet in our
Solar System that is
known to support
life.
MARS
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Mars is the fourth
planet from the sun.
It is about half the
size of Earth.
It has a dry, rocky
surface and a very thin
atmosphere.
JUPITER
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Jupiter is the fifth and
largest planet in our
solar system.
This gas giant has a
thick atmosphere, 17
moons, and a dark,
barely-visible ring.
SATURN
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Saturn is the sixth
planet from the sun in
our solar system.
It is the second-largest
planet in our solar
system.
URANUS
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Uranus is the seventh
planet from the sun in
our solar system.
This huge, icy planet
is covered with clouds
and is encircled by a
belt of 11 rings and 18
moons.
NEPTUNE
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Neptune is the eighth
planet from the sun in
our solar system.
This giant, frigid
planet has a hazy
atmosphere and strong
winds.
PLUTO
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Pluto is the ninth and
usually the farthest
planet from the sun
in our solar system.
It also the smallest
planet in our solar
system and the last to
be discovered.
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
A comet is a small, icy celestial body that
orbits around the sun. It is made up of a
nucleus, a gaseous coma and a tail.
 The tail can be up to 250 million km long.
 Asteroids are rocky or metallic objects,
most of which orbit the Sun in the asteroid
belt between Mars and Jupiter
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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Test your knowledge
about the solar system
by filling out a quiz.
Just click on the check
mark and it will take
you to the quiz.
Please do not do
questions 9, 11, and
15.
Credits: pictures, information and
quiz
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subject
s/astronomy/
 http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild
/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroo
m/quiz/solarsystem.shtml
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