The Sun
• The Sun is a huge ball of burning fire.
• The sun’s surface is about 10,832 degrees
Fahrenheit.
• The sun causes seasons,climate,ocean
currents, air circulation, and weather.
• The sun has been around for 4.6 billion
years.
Mercury
 Mercury is the closest Planet to the sun.
 It is the 2nd smallest Planet in our Solar
System.
 It takes only 88 earth days for this Planet to
orbit the sun.
 A day on Mercury is 59 times longer than
an Earth Day.
Venus
 The temperature on Venus is about 900 degrees.
 Venus is covered by layers of clouds
 As well as trapping in heat the clouds of Venus reflect
sunlight.
 The air pressure on Venus is 90 times greater then on
earth.
Earth
 It completes one orbit of the sun about once every 365
days.
 Earths atmosphere is very thin.
 Earth has one natural satellite, the moon.
 It also helps to protect us from meteors by causing
them to burn up before reaching earths surface.
The Moon
 The moon is about 1 4th the size of the earth.
 The moon reflects light from the sun.
 Earths ocean tides are caused by the gravitational pull
of the moon.
 Many scientists believe the moon was originally part of
the earth.
Mars
 Mars often has wind that blows up to 200 kilometers
per hour.
 is the 4th planet from the sun.
 It is known as the red planet.
 There are ice caps on both poles of mars.
Jupiter
 Jupiter has 4 large moons.
 Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System.
 It is like a star in many ways.
 In some ways Jupiter is like a tiny Solar System.
Saturn
 Saturn is the 6th planet in our Solar System.
 4 moons of Saturn pass in front of the planet.
 Saturn weighs little compared to how large it is.
 Saturn is 9 times larger than earth.
Uranus
 Uranus spins up and down.
 Uranus is the 7th planet in our Solar System.
 It takes 81 earth years for Uranus to go around the sun.
 Uranus seems to roll around the sun.
Neptune
 It takes Neptune about 165 earth years to go around the
sun.
 Neptune's dark spots are storms the size of earth.
 Neptune has dark and light cloud bands that remind
people of Jupiter's stripes.
 The high clouds probably occur where warm air is risig
through colder surroundings.
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