The Solar System

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The Solar System

• By Ms. Iacampo

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The Inner Planets

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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The Outer Planets(Mostly gaseous, cold, have
rings, and located after asteroid belt)

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

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Mercury

• Closest to sun.
• Shortest orbit
• Temperature HOT on the side facing the sun and
  FREEZING on the side turned away from the sun.

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Venus

• Brightest Hottest
• High levels of carbon dioxide
• Rotates from East to West
• Known as the morning and evening star

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Earth

• Supports life
• Mostly water
• 1 moon

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Mars

• Reddish color
• 2 moons
• Frozen water

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Jupiter

• Largest
• Colourful bands made of clouds
• Famous large red spot which is a storm
• 60 moons

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Saturn

• 2nd largest planet
• Many rings
• Stormy bands of gases
• 31 moons

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Uranus

• Very cold
• Greenish-blue colour
• Thin rings
• Rotates on its side
• 27 moons

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Neptune

• Blue colour
• Large storm spot called Great Dark Spot which
  use to be visible
• A new spot called The
• Northern Great Dark
• spot has become visible a
• few year ago.
• Clouds for layers
• 6 rings
• 13 moons

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Sun

• Star
• Helium Hydrogen gases
• Sunspots cool spots caused by gas movement in
  the interior
• Solar flares burst of light ultraviolet rays
  into space (May cause Blackouts on Earth)

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The End
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