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PLANETS IN OURSOLAR SYSTEM
The Solar System
Ms. Raeann DelFratte
Grade 5
2/23/15
Preview of The Solar System
A Tour of the Solar System
Mercury
FUN FACT: Mercury’s sunny side has a temperature rising to 750° Fahrenheit. Mercury’s dark side, however, goes down to -328° Fahrenheit.
Diameter: about 5,000 km
Revolution: 88 days
Rotation: 59 days
Full of craters
Venus
FUN FACT: Venus is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty.
Diameter: about 12,000 km
Revolution: 225 days
Rotation: 243 days
Atmosphere composed of sulphuric acid and CO2
Earth
FUN FACT: The Earth is relatively fragile due to its moving tectonic plates.
Diameter: about 12,000 km
Rotation: What do you think?
Revolution: What do you think?
Only planet with conditions right for plentiful, liquid water
Mars
FUN FACT: Mars has polar ice caps, which makes scientists wonder if life was once, or is, a possibility on Mars.
Diameter: about 7,000 km
Rotation: 24.6 hours
Revolution:687 days
Surface covered in craters, volcanoes, and canyons
Jupiter
FUN FACT: There is a permanent storm on the planet known as Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
Diameter: about 143,000 km
Rotation: 10 hours
Revolution: 12 years
Made of Hydrogen gas, experiences huge oval-shaped storms
Saturn
The rings are composed of small ice and rock particles
FUN FACT: Saturn has at least 18 moons.
Diameter: about 121,000 km
Revolution: 12 years
Rotation: 10 hours
Uranus
Covered by a thick layer of gas and is surrounded by nine rings
FUN FACT: As Uranus orbits the sun, it is laying on its side.
Diameter: about 51,000 km
Revolution: 84 years
Rotation: 17 hours
Neptune
Affected by harsh storm systems and is surrounded by five rings
FUN FACT: This planet was not discovered until 1846.
Diameter: about 50,000 km
Revolution: 165 years
Rotation: 16 hours
Questions For Class Discussion
1) As of 2008, Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Who knows why?
2) What planet is closest to Earth in size? In time spans of revolutions and resolutions?
3) If all planets were created at the same time, which planet has gone around the sun the most amount of times? The least?
4) How many times bigger is the biggest planet compared to the smallest planet?
5) A preview for the next lesson: What are some other components of our Solar System, besides the planets?
Interactive Websites to Try
Comparing Planet Sizes Your Weight on Other Worlds Detailed Descriptions – Click “Homework Helper” Quiz Yourself
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Microsoft. (n.d.). Image of Earth. Taken from PowerPoint on March 4, 2015.
MS Nucleus (n.d.). Universe Cycle - Solar System. Retrieved on February 28, 2015 from http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/uc/solar_system/2/ucss2_1a.html
NASA. (2009). Image of Mars. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/833393/planet-mars).
NASA. (2009). Image of Mercury. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/715477/planet-mercury).
NASA. (2009). Image of Neptune. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/718570/neptune).
NASA. (2009). Image of Saturn. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/701293/saturn-and-4-icy-moons-natural-color).
NASA. (2009). Image of Uranus. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/707555/uranus-upper-atmosphere).
NASA. (2009). Image of Venus. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/710176/pioneering-venus).
NASA. (2010). Image of Jupiter. Retrieved on March 4, 2015 from (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/730771/jupiter-astronomy).
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