Activity 2

Our Solar System

Our Solar System – Group Project

1. Assign Planets 2. Have each individual complete a single slide on their assigned planet 3. Each slide will contain

a. Two to three images from the internet b. At least three facts about their planet c. A title for their slide

Our Sun is a big star. It is the most noticeable feature in our solar system. It is located at the center of this system.

The Sun is so large that our earth could fit inside of it over 1,000,000 times.

The Sun's strong gravitational pull holds Earth and the other planets in place.

The Sun

•Mercury is one of the five planets known to the ancients. They called these planets "wandering stars".

•Mercury may be seen as an evening "star" near where the sun has set, or as a morning "star" near where the sun will rise.

•The ancient Greeks called the evening star Hermes and the morning star Apollo, believing them to be different objects.

•The planet is named for Mercury, the Roman messenger of the godsand escort of dead souls to the underworld.

•To the Teutonic peoples, the planet was named for their god Woden. Wednesday (wodnesdaeg in anglo-saxon) is named for him.

•Mercury's atmosphere is so thin that it is barely detectable.

88 daysLength of Year:

800° F (427° C) day-300° F (-183° C) night

Average temperature:

Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.

The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Classified as a terrestrial planet, it is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" because they are similar in size, gravity, and bulk composition.

•Mean distance from the Sun:1 AU (149,600,000 km/ 92,960,000 mi)

•Length of year:365.26 days

•Rotation period:23.93 hours

•Average temperature:59° F (15° C)

Fast Facts

The Earth at night!

•Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is commonly referred to as the Red Planet.•The atmosphere of Mars is quite different from that of Earth. It is composed primarily of carbon dioxide with small amounts of other gases. Mars is called terrestrial planet because it has a compact, rocky surface like the Earth's.

The Red Planet

It can fit 1,000 earths in it !

16 moons.

It has a Great Red Spot, it's spot is a huge cyclone, or storm.

Saturn

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest. It’s mass is 5.68e 26kg

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun in our

solar system.

Uranus' blue color is caused by the methane

(CH4) in its atmosphere; this molecule

absorbs red light.

Uranus is about 31,690 miles (51,118 km) in diameter.