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CHAPTER 6 LESSON 4 THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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CHARACTERISIC
MERCURY
VENUS
Rotation Period
(Length of Day)
Revolution Period
(Length of Year)
59 days
88 days
243 days (rotates in the
opposite direction of Earth)
225 days
365 ¼ days
687 days
Temperature
(Average)
354 oF
900 oF
59 oF
-81 oF
Geographic
Features
(List three)
Cliffs, craters, and lava
flows
Vast plains, lava flows,
thousands of volcanoes,
huge mountains, and craters
Mountains, canyons, vast
plains, volcanoes, oceans,
rivers
Craters in the southern
hemisphere, volcanoes in
the northern hemisphere,
and vast canons
96% carbon dioxide, 3%
nitrogen, 1% sulfur dioxide
and other gases
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen,
1% other gases. Layers are
called the troposphere,
stratosphere, mesosphere,
and thermosphere.
Mainly 95% carbon
dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen,
1.6% argon
A day on Venus is longer
than its year; dense
atmosphere of carbon
dioxide and thick layer of
clouds; runaway
greenhouse effect; high
atmospheric pressure
Only a few hundred km
larger than Venus; only
planet that is known to
support life; strong
magnetic field; has Van
Allen radiation belts;
complex atmosphere
Has seasons because axis is
tilted 25o; mountains can
build higher because
gravity is less; Olympus
Mons rises 17 miles;
Mariner Valley may have
been formed by water
Atmosphere
No true atmosphere;
hydrogen, helium, argon,
oxygen, sodium, and
potassium have been
detected
Other Interesting
Information
Closest planet to the sun;
smallest planet; weak
magnetic field; same
density as Earth; deep in
craters there may be water
ice
EARTH
24 hours
MARS
24.6 hours
CHAPTER 6 LESSON 5 THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM - GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
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Characteristic
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Rotation Period
(Length of Day)
Revolution Period
(Length of Year)
9.8 hours
10 hours 39 minutes
17.9 hours
16 hours
12 years
29.5 years
84 years
165 years
Temperature (Average)
-162 oF
-218 oF
-323 oF
-330 oF
Has cloud belts made of
hydrogen and helium, and
small amounts of methane,
ammonia, and water vapor
Mostly hydrogen and
helium. Has broad cloud
belts.
83% hydrogen, 15% helium,
and 2% methane.
Hydrogen, helium, methane,
and water.
Planet’s Physical
Features
- Great Red Spot- a
hurricane-like storm that
has lasted for at least 300
years.
- Where comet ShoemakerLevy hit, left spots on the
planet.
- Flattened at the poles.
- Has 7 major rings. Some
are made of thinner rings
called ringlets.
- Blue-green color of
Uranus is due to methane
in the upper atmosphere.
- Has 11 rings, but are much
dimmer than Saturn’s.
-Methane gives Neptune its
blue color.
- Great Dark Spot.
- Has at least 5 rings that are
not very bright.
Other Interesting
Information
- Largest planet in our solar
system.
- 1,000 Earth’s could fit
inside.
- Has more mass than all of
the planets combined.
- Has about 63 moons. The
four largest moons are
Ganymede, Callisto,
Europa, & Io.
- Second largest planet.
- Less dense then water.
- Winds move at 550 meters
per second near the
equator.
- Has approximately 62
moons.
- Third largest planet.
- Has about 27 moons.
- Looks like it was knocked
on its side. Axis of
rotation is 98o to its orbit.
- Summer at the north pole
and winter at the south
pole lasts for 21 years.
- Fourth largest planet.
- Light from Sun is 900
times fainter than Earth.
- Has strongest winds of any
planet. Has many storms.
- At least 13 moons. One
moon, Triton, is larger than
Pluto and has similarities
to Earth.
Atmosphere