The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done....

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The Solar System

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Mercury The planet closest to the sun. Named after the Roman god Mercury, the winged messenger. Travels round the Sun faster than any other planet, in 88 days. It is two-fifths the size of the Earth, the smallest in the solar system. The atmosphere is made up of helium and hydrogen. It has no satellites or rings.

Transcript of The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done....

Page 1: The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus.

The Solar System

Page 2: The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus.

Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done.

Mercury Venus Earth

Mars Jupiter Saturn

NeptuneUranus Pluto

Page 3: The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus.

Click on the largest planet:

Jupiter

Saturn

Neptune

Uranus

Page 4: The Solar System. Click on a planet to find out more. Click on the next arrow when you’re done. Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus.

Click on the planet closest in size to the Earth:

Venus

Mercury

Jupiter

Mars

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Which of these planets has no rings?

Mars

Saturn

Neptune

Uranus

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Label the planets and write a paragraph about each one:Inner planets

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Label the planets and write down a fact about each one:Outer planets

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Solar System Videos

• Space School Video (you’ll need Quicktime to view the video)