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The Planets
7th Grade Science Mr. Jablonski Ms. Hummel
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Click on a planet to learn more about it
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Review Question
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Mercury

• Quick Facts About Mercury
• Innermost and smallest planet
• Orbits the sun once every 88 days
• Mercury is similar in appearance to the Moon
• The English name for the planet comes from the
  Romans, who named it after the Roman god, Mercury

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Venus

• Quick Facts About Venus
• second-closest planet to the Sun
• Orbits the sun every 224.7 Earth days
• brightest natural object in the night sky, except
  for the Moon
• sometimes called Earth's "sister planet", for the
  two are similar in size, gravity, and bulk
  composition

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Earth

• Quick Facts About Earth
• Third Plant from the sun
• only place in the universe where life is known to
  exist
• orbits the Sun once for every roughly 366.26
  times it rotates about its axis

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Mars

• Quick Facts About Mars
• Fourth Plant from the sun
• named after Mars, the Roman god of war
• Also referred to as the "Red Planet" because of
  its reddish appearance as seen from Earth

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Jupiter

• Quick Facts About Jupiter
• Fifth Plant from the sun
• Largest planet within the solar system
• primarily composed of hydrogen with a small
  proportion of helium

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Saturn

• Quick Facts About Saturn
• Sixth Plant from the sun
• second largest planet in the Solar System
• The day of the week Saturday gets its name from
  the planet.
• well known for its ring system

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Uranus

• Quick Facts About Uranus
• Seventh Plant from the sun
• named after the ancient Greek deity of the sky
• Has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar
  System (-224 C)
• revolves around the Sun once every 84 Earth years

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Neptune

• Quick Facts About Neptune
• Eight Plant from the sun
• named after the Roman god of the sea
• primarily composed of hydrogen and helium along
  with traces of methane
• has the strongest winds of any planet, as high as
  1,300 mph

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Review Question

• Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
• Earth
• Jupiter
• Saturn

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• There are other planets larger than earth.
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That is correct!

• Great work! Jupiter is the largest planet in the
  solar system!

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• Saturn is the second largest planet.
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