Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Sun The STAR of our Solar System Could hold more than 1 million earths. Made of boiling hot gasses. Supports our life on earth Temperature – 5538 degree Celsius
Sun
Mercury Closest to the sun. Smallest planet in our solar system. Terrestrial Planet. Lots of craters like the moon Hot during day and cold at night. 1 year – 88 earth days. Temperature - -173 – 427 degree Celsius. No moons.
Venus Second planet from the Sun. Similar size to Earth. Terrestrial planet. Rotates in opposite direction. Hot and deadly. 1 year – 225 Earth days. Temperature – 462 degree Celsius. No moons.
Venus Called as the “Morning Star” or the “Evening Star” Earth’s sister planet
Earth Third planet from the Sun. 5 th largest planet. Terrestrial planet. Supports life with air, water and land. Consists of oceans, continents, atmosphere. 1 year – 365 Earth days. 1 day – 24 Earth hours. Temperature - -87 – 57 degree Celsius. 1 moon.
Earth 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. The highest point found on Earth is the “Mt. Everest” while the lowest point is the “Challenger deep”
Mars Fourth planet from the Sun. The smaller planet than Earth. Terrestrial planet. Mars is rocky, dusty and dry. Mars has polar ice-caps like Earth. 1 year – 687 Earth days. 1 day – 24 Earth hours, 37 mins . Temperature - -214 - -5 degree Celsius. 2 moons ( Phobos and Deimos )
Mars Called as “Red Planet”. The tallest mountain in the solar system can be found here, the “Olympus Mons”
Jupiter Fifth planet from the Sun. The largest planet in our Solar System. Gas planet (Windy clouds of Ammonia and Water) Has a red spot. 1 year – 4331 Earth days (12 Earth years) 1 day – 9 Earth hours, 56 mins . Temperature - -148 degree Celsius. 67 moons. (4 large moons)
Jupiter The largest moon in the solar system can be found here, the “Ganymede”.
Size of Ganymede compared to the Earth’s Moon.
Saturn Sixth planet from the Sun. Second largest planet but very light. Gas planet, similar to Jupiter. 7 flat rings made of Ice, Rocks and Dust. 1 year – 10759 Earth days (29 Earth years) 1 day – 10 Earth hours, 39 mins . Temperature - -178 degree Celsius. 150 moons. (Largest is Titan)
Saturn Called as the “Ringed Planet”
Uranus Seventh planet from the Sun. Third largest planet. Gas planet (Ice similar to N eptune ) Very cold and windy . 1 year – 30687 Earth days (84 Earth years) 1 day – 17 Earth hours, 15 mins Temperature – -216 degrees Ce lsius 27 moons – largest are Oberon and Titania
Uranus Called as the “Ice Giant”
Neptune Eight planet from the Sun. 4 th largest planet. Gas planet – icy. Windiest planet in the Solar System. 1 year – 60190 Earth days (165 Earth years) 1 day – 16 Earth hours, 7 mins . Temperature - -214 degrees Celsius 13 moons – largest is Triton
Neptune
How many planets do we have in our Solar System? Kindly recite. The STAR in our Solar System. It is the COLDEST planet in our Solar System? It is the WINDIEST planet in our Solar System? What is the LARGEST planet in our Solar System? What is the SMALLEST planet in our Solar System? Review
Direction: Choose the correct letter of your answer. 1. This is the Star of our Solar System and it supports our life on earth through energy. Sun b. Moon c. Ceres d. Asteroids 2. It is the 4 th planet from the Sun and was called as Red Planet. It also has 2 moons namely Phobos and Deimos . a. Mercury b. Earth c. Mars d. Venus Let’s Check your Understanding
3. It is the 6 th planet from the Sun. It has 150 moons and sometimes called as Ringed Planet. Jupiter b. Saturn c. Neptune d. Uranus It is considered as the 5 th largest planet in the Solar System and it consists of 7 continents, oceans and atmosphere. Venus b. Earth c. Mercury d. Neptune 5. It is the 8 th planet from the Sun and the 4 th largest planet of the Solar System. It is also the windiest among the other planets. a. Neptune b. Uranus c. Saturn d. Pluto
Direction: Choose the correct letter of your answer. 1. This is the Star of our Solar System and it supports our life on earth through energy. Sun b. Moon c. Ceres d. Asteroids 2. It is the 4 th planet from the Sun and was called as Red Planet. It also has 2 moons namely Phobos and Deimos . a. Mercury b. Earth c. Mars d. Venus Let’s Check your Understanding
3. It is the 6 th planet from the Sun. It has 150 moons and sometimes called as Ringed Planet. Jupiter b. Saturn c. Neptune d. Uranus It is considered as the 5 th largest planet in the Solar System and it consists of 7 continents, oceans and atmosphere. Venus b . Earth c. Mercury d. Neptune 5. It is the 8 th planet from the Sun and the 4 th largest planet of the Solar System. It is also the windiest among the other planets. a. Neptune b. Uranus c. Satur n d. Pluto