Terrestrial and Gaseous Planets

By: Ashley Moore-Rivera

4th Grade

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Mercury

Venus Earth

Mars

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The four Terrestrial PlanetsThe four Terrestrial Planets

MercuryMercury

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•Closest to the Sun

•Smallest Planet

•Looks a lot like the Moon

•Orange-red color

•Dry rocky surface that is covered with craters and ridges

VenusVenus

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•Close in size to Earth

•Very HOT!

•Huge desert

•Covered with thick yellow clouds

•Rocky surface covered with volcanoes

EarthEarth

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/earth_1_apollo17.gif

•We live here!

•The surface is mostly covered with dark blue water

•Swirling white clouds

•Continents are marked by mountains

•Close in size to Venus

MarsMars

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/mars/images/mars1.gif

•Its color is red because its soil is full of iron that has rusted

•The surface has deep canyons—Valles Marineris

•The surface has volcanoes—Olympus Mon

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The four Gaseous PlanetsThe four Gaseous Planets

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

JupiterJupiter

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•GIANT ball with yellow, orange, and red gas arranged in stripes (cloud bands)

•GIANT Red Spot—300 year old hurricane

SaturnSaturn

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~johnsorh/Myth/images/saturn.jpg

•Similar to Jupiter’s atmosphere because it has yellow gases arranged in strips (cloud bands)

•Has MASSIVE rings

UranusUranus

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•Burrrrrr..it’s much colder than the other gaseous planets

•Appears blue because the methane absorbs the red light from the Sun and reflects the blue light

•Ice crystals in its atmosphere make it appear pale blue-green

NeptuneNeptune

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•Appears blue because the methane absorbs the red light from the Sun and reflects the blue light

•Has white cirrus clouds

Lab TimeLab Time

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Get in groups of 8Go wash your hands

Edible PlanetsEdible Planets

In your groups of 8

• Pick three team leaders

• Team leaders come grab

• Jar of peanut butter

• Bottle of honey

• Box of wheat germ

• Box of powdered milk

• Pack of graham crackers

• Bowl

• Spatula

• Measuring cups

• Spoon

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Edible PlanetsEdible Planets

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup of peanut butter

1 ¼ cup of honey

½ cup of wheat germ

¾ cup of graham crackers

2 ½ cups of powdered milk

Mix all these ingredients in the bowl with the spoon. Don’t be afraid to use your hands too!!

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Edible PlanetsEdible Planets

Time to decorate!

1. Team leaders come grab

• Sifter

• 8 Paper plates

• Food coloring

• Sprinkles

• Chocolate Chips

• Cake decorating tubs

• Powdered Sugar

• Cocoa Powder

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Time to EAT!Time to EAT!

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