By: Elizabeth Vogt
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1. The Sun
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Earth
5. The Earth’s Moon
6. Mars
7. Jupiter
8. Saturn
9. Uranus
10. Neptune
11. Pluto (Dwarf)
The Sun
• The Solar System’s biggest
star
• Classified as a moderately
large yellow dwarf
• What is the size of the
sun?
- 864,938 Miles!
• The sun has 3 zones, the
inner most being the core,
the middle layer being the
radiative zone, and the
outer layer being the
convective zone.
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Now Lets Label!
Convective
Zone
Radiative
Zone
Core
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Mercury
• Closest planet to the sun
• Smallest planet – 3,031
miles
• Has no moons
• Only geological feature =
lobed ridges (rubes)
• Has a large iron core and
thin mantle
• Terrestrial Planet
• Mercurian Year = 88 days
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Venus
• Closest planet to the
size of Earth
• Has a thick mantle and
iron core
• Much drier than Earth
and atmosphere is 90%
more dense
• Hottest planet  Over
400⁰C
• No moons
• Terrestrial Planet
• 7,521 miles in diameter
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Earth
• Terrestrial Planet 
largest and densest of
them
• Only planet known to
have geological activity
• Only planet known to
have life
• Only planet where plate
tectonics have been
observed
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The Earth’s Moon
• The Earth’s only satellite
• Diameter is 2,140 miles
• If you were standing on
the moon the sky is
always dark
• Surface is covered with
craters
• Neil Armstrong was the
first to walk on it in 1969
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Lets Learn About the Phases of the
Moon! Moon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXK63Gpw qs
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Now Can You Label The Moon’s
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Phases?
Full Moon
New Moon
Gibbous
Moon
Crescent
Moon
Quarter
Moon or
Half Moon
Quarter
Moon or
Half Moon
Crescent
Moon
Waning Moon
Gibbous
Moon
Waxing Moon
Mars
• The red planet
• Most earth-like planet
in our solar system
• About 4,222 miles in
diameter
• Mars has 2 tiny moons
• Has a crust, mantle,
and core.
• Very thin atmosphere
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Jupiter
• Largest planet in our
solar system
• Has 39 known moons
• Has prominent bands
across latitudes
• Has a great red spot
• Diameter is 88,700
miles
• Composed mostly of
gas
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Saturn
• 2nd largest planet in solar
system
• Diameter is 74,898 miles
• Mostly hydrogen and
helium gas
• Its rings are made up of
ice chunks
• Visible without using a
telescope
• Has 33 moons
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Uranus
• Huge, icy planet
covered with clouds
• Blue color is caused by
methane
• Has a belt of 11 rings
• Has 22 moons
• Diameter is 31,690
miles
• Third largest planet in
our solar system
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Neptune
• Icy planet with a hazy
atmosphere and strong
winds
• Has 8 moons
• Blue color is caused by
methane
• Diameter is 30,775 miles
• Has narrow, faint rings
• First planet whose
existence was figured out
mathematically
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Pluto (A dwarf planet)
• Also known as plutoid
• Classified as a dwarf in 2006
• Usually orbits past the orbit
of Neptune
• The diameter is 1,413 miles
• Smallest “planet”
• Only one to not yet be
visited by humans
• Has one large moon called
Charon (shown in picture in
white)
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Lets Label Our Planets!
The Sun
Uranus
Mars
Pluto
(Dwarf)
Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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Lets Play…Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire: Solar System Edition!
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