Transcript Solar System PowerPoint

Solar System
BY: EMILY ROBERTS -YOUNG
The Sun
•Almost a perfect sphere
•6 layers
•The Corona Layer, the Chromosphere layer, the Subsurface flows layer, the Radioactive layer,
the Inner core and the Convection core
•Some parts rotate faster than others
•All energy consumed by human kind is equal to 30 days of sun energy
•Moves at 220 kilometers per second
•The farther you get from the Sun’s surface, the hotter it gets
•2-5 solar eclipses happen each year
•20 times Earth’s gravity
Mercury
• 88 Earth days in a year
•Second hottest planet in our solar system
•Can be seen from Earth every 7 years
•Has no rings or moons
•Weak magnetic field and thin atmosphere
•3 layers
•The crust, the mantle and core
•1 year is equal to 88 earth days
Venus
•Often called Earth’s Sister Planet, Morning Star and Evening Star
•Rotates counter-clockwise
•Said to once have oceans but evaporated
•243 Earth days is equal to 1 year on Venus
•Long ago said to have a climate similar to Earth’s
•Atmosphere pressure is 92 times Earth’s
•Orbit closest to being a circle out of all planets
•Very weak magnetic field
•Layers are the same as Mercury’s
Earth
•Rotation gradually slowing
•Very powerful magnetic field
•Only planet not named after a Roman god
•Most dense planet
•Gravity of Earth and Moon cause tide changes on Earth
•Has an Ozone layer which protects it from solar radiation
•Water was brought to the surface by volcano activity
•First forms of life on Earth started in the ocean
•Lowest point named Challenge Deep (10.9 km below sea level)
Mars
•Home to tallest mountain in solar system
•Largest dust storms in solar system
•Only 16 out of 32 missions have been successful
•Believed to once be home to intelligent living things
•Most hospitable planet
•687 Earth days to orbit the sun
•No magnetic field
•Seasons last twice as long
•Core is thought to be made out of iron
Jupiter
•Shortest days in solar system
•Eight spacecraft have visited Jupiter
• 317 Earths would fit inside
•Shortest day of all planets
•Days last about 10 hours (9 hours and 55 minutes)
•At least 67 moons
•The Great Red spot is a storm on Jupiter
•It has been raging for the last 300 years
•No seasons
Saturn
•Flattest planet in solar system
•Mostly made of hydrogen
•Can be seen with the naked eye
•Gives off more energy than it receives
•Has fastest winds
•Oval shaped storms similar to Jupiter’s
•Magnetic field similar to Earth’s
•Is a gas giant and is believed to have a rocky core
•Interior is very hot
Uranus
•Has an axis of 98 degrees so its rotates on its side
•Coldest planet even though it is the seventh planet from the sun
•Moons named after characters from Shakespeare and Pope
• Something may have hit Uranus for it to rotate on such an awkward angle
•13 known rings
•Only one spacecraft has flown by
•Coldest planet in solar system
•Uranium was named after it
•Mass is 14.5 times greater than Earth’s
Neptune
•Spins rapidly
•Has 14 moons
•Very active climate
•Takes 164.8 Earth years to fully orbit sun
•Has a storm similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter
•Has a second storm called Small Dark Spot
•Triton was discovered 17 days after Neptune
•Second largest gravitational pull
•Climate is exceptionally active
Bibliography
http://www.universetoday.com/17982/10-interesting-facts-aboutthe-sun/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hinode/solar_020.html
http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/MONDAY/facts.html
http://list25.com/25-crazy-facts-you-didnt-know-about-the-sun/5/
http://space-facts.com/mercury/
http://space-facts.com/mars/
http://space-facts.com/earth/
http://space-facts.com/jupiter/
http://space-facts.com/saturn/
http://space-facts.com/venus/
http://space-facts.com/neptune/
http://space-facts.com/uranus/
http://theplanets.org/venus/
http://theplanets.org/mercury/
http://theplanets.org/earth/
http://theplanets.org/jupiter/
http://theplanets.org/mars/
http://theplanets.org/saturn/
http://theplanets.org/uranus/
http://theplanets.org/neptune/