What is the name of the
galaxy we live in?
a) Snickers
b) Twix
c) Milky Way
d) Kit-Kat
How many planets are there
in our solar system?
a) 4
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
Remember…
Pluto is not a
planet, he’s a
dwarf
What is the largest object and the
center of the solar system?
a) Sun
b) Ceres
c) Moon
d) Comets
What planet is called the
Red Planet?
a) Mercury
b) Jupiter
c) Mars
d) Saturn
Which is the largest planet
in the solar system?
a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Venus
d) Saturn
Which planet is known for
its many large rings?
a) Neptune
b) Jupiter
c) Mercury
d) Saturn
What objects are called
dirty snowballs?
a) Asteroids
b) Stars
c) Comets
d) moons
What objects fill the sky and there
are more then 100 billion of them?
a) Asteroids
b) Stars
c) Comets
d) moons
What is the only planet that has
humans or animals on it
(where we live)?
a) Mars
b) Earth
c) Venus
d) Jupiter
Which planet is the brightest?
a) Mars
b) Earth
c) Venus
d) Uranus
Where is the highest volcano/mountain
(Olympus Mons) located?
a) Mars
b) Earth
c) Venus
d) Pluto
Which is the smallest planet?
a) Mercury
b) Neptune
c) Venus
d) Pluto
What objects are in an orbit between
Mars and Jupiter, in a “belt”?
a) Asteroids
b) Comets
c) Stars
d) Meteors
What is the lazy planet, that
spins on its side?
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Mercury
d) Pluto
Which planet has a giant storm called
“The Giant Red Spot?”
a) Uranus
b) Jupiter
c) Venus
d) Sun
Which planet has a moon named Luna
orbiting around it?
a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Venus
d) Pluto
Which planet has the largest
canyon on it?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Pluto
What Planet is this?
What’s a “shooting star” called when it
starts burning through Earth’s atmosphere?
a) comets
b) Moon rocks
c) asteroids
d) meteor
What object is this?
What’s
in our
universe?
“Milky Way Galaxy”
Our Solar System
STARS
-are big balls of
plasma
-there are more then
100 billion in our
galaxy
Comets
• They are like
“dirty
snowballs”
• Made of rock
and ice
• Form tails when
they get close to
the sun
“Shooting or Falling Stars”
They are not actually stars at all,
they are pieces of meteoroids
(dust and rock) falling into
Earth’s atmosphere turn into
Meteors and start burning up
Meteor Showers are from Earth
running into the tail of a comet
If any pieces hit the ground, they
are called meteorites
Sun: King Sol
• the Largest object in our solar system
• is a medium sized star
• a million earths could fit inside the sun
•It’s not on fire, but it glows
Mercury: Mercury
The Crater Planet
•The most extreme planet &
not for visiting
• sunny side is burning hot
• dark side is freezing cold
+ there is no air on Mercury
•Closest to the sun
It is covered in craters,
mountains and rocks
Venus:
The Hostile Planet
• Lots of volcanoes, venusquakes,
mountains, valleys
• Earth’s sister planet
• Extremely HOT for any kind of life
to survive on its surface, it’s
covered in poisonous clouds
• You can see it at night with just
your own eye because it shines so
bright
Earth:
Our Planet
• 3/4 of Earth’s surface is covered by water
•Is very unique and an oasis of life
-the only planet to support life
•Our temperature, weather, and
atmosphere are set just right to keep us
alive
• there is about 7 billion humans on
Earth
-also there are animals, plants
•Earth has one moon, named Luna
Luna: Earth’s Moon
• It orbits Earth
• It is very rocky and
covered with dirt
Mars:
The Red Planet
• Mars is red because of the soil (kind
of rusts) “RUSTY”
• Olympus Mons – highest volcano in
our solar system
• Valles Marinaris – the deepest and
widest canyon in our solar system
• Mars’ atmosphere is most like ours
here on Earth
Asteroids
• Big rocks found in our solar system
• A ring of them are in an orbit
between Mars and Jupiter called:
The Asteroid Belt
The biggest is Ceres: size of Texas
Jupiter
The Giant Planet
*Largest planet in the solar system
-if you weighed 70 pounds on Earth, you
would weigh 185 lbs on Jupiter
The Giant Red Spot is actually a giant storm
that has been raging for 300 years – it’s like a
super hurricane (storm is as big as 2 earths)
-no solid surface, entire planet is an ocean
Saturn
*The 2nd biggest, but the lightest
*The Planet with rings
*Rings are almost 200,000 miles wide,
but less thick then the length of a
football field
*helium sky melts into a liquid chemical
ocean
Uranus:
The Lazy Planet
has lots of clouds, and it might
be a huge ocean
has a few rings like Saturn
spins completely on its side
NEPTUNE
Has a giant storm, like
Jupiter, called the The Great
Dark Spot
Its most like Uranus
PLUTO: The Dwarf Planet
The smallest planet
it’s not a real “planet” anymore
It takes 248 years to go one time around the sun
Mnemonic Phrases:
Remembering the Order of the Planets
Mercury
My
Venus
Very
Earth
Educated
Mars
Mother
Jupiter
Many
My
Mother
Vicious
Veronica
Earthworm
Enjoyed
Men
Might
My
Just
Just
Just
Jam
Saturn
Served
Snooze
Swallow
Sandwich
Uranus
Us
Under
Us
Under
Newspapers
Now
Neptune
Rebecca
Draper
Joel Schwartz
Annie and
Becky
Neptune
Contributed by:
Nachos /
Noodles
Ahmet Kilinc
Very
Elderly
Interactive Links
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
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