Transcript The Solar System

The Solar System
Sean Redmond - Student Teacher
A Presentation by Mrs. Pettit’s Class
May 9. 2003
The Sun
By Lynlea & Kathryn
• The Sun is a hot and bright star.
• No part of the sun is solid or
liquid .
• You can fit more than 1
thousand Earths in the sun.
• Light travels at a speed of about
186,000 miles per second .
• The sun has sun spots that are
colder than the sun.
• The sun is the center of the
solar system.
Mercury
By Dusty & Julia
• Mercury is the hottest planet
because it is the closest to the
Sun.
• Mercury is a tanned planet.
• Mercury is a dead planet.
• Mercury has craters.
• Mercury has a year of 88 earth
days.
• At night, the temperature drops
to -300 degrees colder than our
south pole.
• Mercury is hot and cold at the
same time.
Venus
By Greg & Brandon
• Venus is the second planet from
the sun.
• Venus has no moons.
• Venus was named after the
Roman goddess of love and
beauty.
• Venus is a small, rocky planet
blanketed in a thin layer of
yellowish clouds.
• Venus’s surface is very hot,
about 400 degrees Celsius!
• Its distance from the sun is
about 67,250,000 miles.
Earth
By Barbara & Andrew
• Earth is the third planet from
the sun.
• Earth is the only planet with
water and air.
• The Earth is the only planet
with life.
• The planet Earth spins and
rotates.
• One rotation takes one day, or
24 hours.
• When the Earth spins, it makes
night and day.
Our Moon
By Brandon & Jeffrey
• The moon has craters.
• The moon’s surface is like
powder.
• It has the American flag on it.
• The moon has no water or life.
• The moon is the Earth’s closest
neighbor in space, about 1/4 of
a million miles away.
• The moon has 8 phases.
• The moon is a quarter of the
Earth’s size.
Mars
By Corey
• Mars is the fourth planet from
the sun.
• After Earth, Mars is the most
likely planet to support life.
• Water may have run all over
Mars long ago.
• Dust storms whip around Mars.
• It was named for Greek and
Roman gods of war.
• The name of the month March
comes from the planet Mars.
• Did you know that a 100 pound
object on Earth would weigh 85
pounds on Mars?
Jupiter
By Samantha & Alex
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from
the sun.
• Did you know that Jupiter is
made of gases and liquids that
swirl around?
• Jupiter has many moons
orbiting it’s cloudy surface.
• Jupiter is the largest planet.
• Jupiter has 16 moons.
• Jupiter has a Great Red Spot.
Saturn
By Nick & Alex
• Saturn is the sixth planet from
the sun.
• Saturn is made of materials
lighter then water.
• Saturn is the second largest
planet.
• Saturn has 18 moons.
• It is 885,200,000 miles away
from the sun .
• Its normal temperature is 28
degrees.
• Saturn is the root of the English
word Saturday.
Uranus
By Tyler & Luca
• Uranus is the seventh planet
from the sun.
• William Hershel was the first to
see Uranus in 1781.
• Fifty Earths would fit in
Uranus if it were hollow.
• Uranus has 15 moons.
• Uranus spins differently then
the other planets.
• Uranus is named after the
Greek god.
• The ring is made out of arctic
ice.
Neptune
By Kelsey
• Most of the time Neptune is the
eighth planet from the sun,
sometimes it is the ninth.
• Neptune has 8 known moons; 7
small ones and a large moon
called Triton.
• It has a great dark spot.
• Neptune’s year is 165 Earth
years
• Neptune is 2,788,000,000 miles
from the sun.
• It is the third largest planet in
our solar system.
Pluto
By Kelly & Jamieliza
• Pluto is the farthest planet from
the sun.
• Pluto is the smallest planet.
• Pluto has 1 moon.
• Pluto’s only moon, Charon, is
about half the size of Pluto.
• It’s distance from the sun is
5,913,520,000 km.
• Because it’s orbit is elliptical
rather than circular it sometimes
moves inside the orbit of
Neptune.
Asteroids & Meteorites
By Michael & Colin
• Asteroids are part of our Solar
System.
• Meteorites are chunks of rocks
and metal.
• Some of them may have been
part of comets and asteroids.
• Some meteorites are large as
boulders.
• Some asteroids are big as a
mountain or bigger.
• Meteorites can also be small as
grains of sand.