OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

By: Annamary Gilbert

The Solar System Our Solar System consists of stars, planets,

dwarf planets, asteroids, gas, and because of us, space junk.

Our Solar System’s planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

The sun is the center of our solar system. Our solar system is in the Milky-Way Galaxy. Pluto was a regular planet but was downgraded

to a dwarf planet. Another dwarf planet is Eris.

Planets We have 8 planets in our solar system. Mercury-The smallest planet in our Solar

system. Venus-The surface of Venus is very dry. Earth-The only known planet to maintain life. Jupiter-The red spot on Jupiter is a raging

Hurricane. Saturn-Saturn has 62 known moons Uranus-The atmosphere of Uranus is made

up of hydrogen, helium, and methane. Neptune-Neptune is a gaseous planet made

up of hydrogen, helium, methane, with some ammonia and water.

The Inner Planets The Inner Planets are: Mercury, Venus,

Earth, and Mars. What separates the inner and outer

planets is the Asteroid Belt.

The Outer Planets The outer planets are: Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus, and Neptune. The outer planets are also known as The

Gas Giants. Jupiter is the first and biggest Giant.

Earth Earth is the planet that we live on. Another name for Earth is Terro. It’s surface is 70% water and 30% land. Earth contains canyons, water,

mountains, deserts, and, ice lands.

Earth’s Surface Earth has 7 main bodies of land: North

America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica.

These bodies of land are the continents. The U.S.A is located in North America.

Earth’s Water The earth has 5 oceans: Pacific, Atlantic,

Indian, Southern, and Arctic. The largest ocean is the Atlantic. The smallest is the Arctic Ocean. Only about 2.5% is fresh water the rest

is too salty to drink.

Mars Surface Mars surface is very dry. It used to have volcanoes, but now its

just a barren wasteland. Why is Mars the Red Planet? Because

the dirt on the planet is red.

Mars Surface

It contains an ice cap on its North Pole. It has a volcano called Olympus Mons Olympus Mons Is the largest volcano in

our solar system.

Curiosity Curiosity is a rover on Mars. Three things that Curiosity found are:

Meteorites, water in the soil, and mountains.

It weighs about 2,000 poundsLook! Curiosity also found an alien

How are Earth and Mars Alike… They are both in our solar system They are both the rocky planets made of

rock and metal They are both part of the inner planets They have the same amount of dry land

They don’t have rings

How are Earth and Mars Different...

Earth can maintain life: trees, plants, animals, and people.

Mars is Half the size of earth

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So, to sum everything up… We learned about: The planets in our solar system Other things in space Some space exploration How Earth and Mars are alike/different

I hope you learned a ALOT!!