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The Earth’s Solar System
By
Christopher Franckowiak
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Facts and photos used in the slideshow taken from:
Sun: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=OverviewLong
Mercury: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=OverviewLong
Venus: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus&Display=OverviewLong
Earth: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth&Display=OverviewLong
Mars: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=OverviewLong
Jupiter: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=OverviewLong
Saturn: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=OverviewLong
Uranus: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=OverviewLong
Neptune: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=OverviewLong
Pluto: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Pluto&Display=OverviewLong
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Sun. If you would like to jump to any of the planets –
select that planet.
The Sun
 Is a star
 Provides Earth with energy, which brings
life to the planet
 Closest star to our Earth
 Planets orbit around the sun
 109 times bigger than Earth
 Average temperature of 5700° C
 Over 4.5 billion years old
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Mercury
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Closest planet to the Sun
8th largest planet in our solar system
Orbits around the sun every 88 days
Named after the messenger of the Roman
Gods
Mercury has no atmosphere
Mercury has no moons
Average temperature of side facing the Sun
is 400° C
Surface covered with craters and
completely dry
1 of five planets that can be seen without
using a telescope
FACTS
Venus
 Second planet from the sun
 Sixth largest planet in the solar system
 Named after Roman goddess of love and
beauty
 Considered Earth’s sister planet
 Surface is very hot – about 400° C
 Venus has no moons
 Blanketed in a thick layer of yellow clouds
composed of sulfuric acid
 One orbit around the sun takes about 226
days
FACTS
Earth
 Third planet from the sun
 Fifth largest planet in the solar system
 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by
water
 Considered Earth’s sister planet
 Orbited by 1 moon
 Densest major body in the solar system
 Supports a variety of life
 One orbit around the Sun takes about 365
days
FACTS
Mars
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Fourth planet from the sun
7th largest planet
Has two moons – Phobos and Deimos
Has permanent ice caps at both poles
made up of solid carbon dioxide
 Visible with the naked eye from Earth
 Named after the god of war
 One orbit around the sun takes about 687
days
FACTS
Asteroids / The Asteroid Belt
 Asteroids are chunks of rock and metal that
orbit around the Sun
 Loose material that did not form into
planets
 Main Asteroid Belt located between Mars
and Jupiter
 Total mass of all of the asteroids is less than
that of Earth’s moon
 26 known asteroids larger than 200km
across
 99% are larger than 100km across
 May be as many as a million 1km sized
asteroids
Jupiter
 Fifth planet from the Sun
 Largest of all of the planets – 318x bigger
than Earth
 16 moons
 Gas giant planet composed of 90%
hydrogen and 10% helium
 Has faint rings like Saturn, but much
smaller
 Named after the King of the Roman Gods
 Does not have a solid surface
 One orbit around the sun lasts about 4331
days
FACTS
Saturn
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Sixth planet from the sun
2nd largest planet
Has 18 moons – most of all the planets
Is a gas giant composed of 75% hydrogen
and 25% helium
 Rings are made up mostly of water ice and
rocky particles
 Named after the god of agriculture
 One orbit around the sun takes about
10,047 days
FACTS
Uranus
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Seventh planet from the sun
3nd largest planet
Has 15 moons
Is a gas giant composed of rock and various
ices
Spins differently than most planets – tilted
sideways instead of right side up
Named after the Greek God of the Heavens
Blue color is the result of a gas called
methane found in the planet’s upper
atmosphere
One orbit around the sun takes about
30,589 days
FACTS
Neptune
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Eighth planet from the sun
4nd largest planet
Has 8 moons – largest called Triton
Is a gas giant composed of rock and various
ices
Named after the Greek God of the Sea
Blue color is the result of a gas called
methane found in the planet’s upper
atmosphere
Winds on Neptune are the fastest found in
the solar system (2000 km/hour)
One orbit around the sun takes about
59,800 days
FACTS
Pluto
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Ninth planet from the sun
Smallest planet
Smaller than 7 of the solar system’s moons
Orbit intersects Neptune – occasionally
change spots as 8th and 9th planets from
the sun
 Considered a dwarf planet
 Has one moon called Charon
 One orbit around the sun takes about
90,588 days
FACTS
The Sun
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Planets in our solar system revolve around
the sun.
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FALSE
The Sun
Correct! All of the planets in the solar
system revolve around the sun.
Question 2: Select the best answer
The sun is a _________?
A. Planet
B. Meteor
C. Star
D. Asteroid
The Sun
Correct! The sun is a star. It is also the
closest star to planet Earth.
Question 3: Select the best answer
The sun is approximately how big?
A. 10x bigger than Earth
B. 50x bigger than Earth
C. 75x bigger than Earth
D. 100x bigger than Earth
The Sun
Correct! The sun is 109x bigger than the
planet Earth.
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planet Mercury
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Mercury
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Mercury’s thick atmosphere is primarily
composed of Nitrogen.
TRUE FALSE
Mercury
Correct! Mercury’s closeness to the Sun and
extreme temperature contribute to it not
having an atmosphere.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Mercury has _________ moon(s)?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 7
Mercury
Correct! Mercury does not have any moons.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Mercury orbits the sun every _________ days?
A. 22
B. 44
C. 88
D. 128
Mercury
Correct! Mercury orbits the sun once every
88 days.
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planet Venus
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Venus
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Venus is considered the sister planet of
Mars.
TRUE FALSE
Venus
Correct! Earth is considered the sister planet
of Mars.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Venus is the ____ largest planet in the solar
System.
A. 2nd
B. 4th
C. 6th
D. 8th
Venus
Correct! Venus is the 6th largest planet in the
solar system.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Venus is blanketed in a thick layer of yellow
Clouds composed of _________?
A. Methane
B. Calcium Carbonate
C. Hydrogen Monoxide
D. Sulfuric Acid
Venus
Correct! The thick layer of yellow clouds is
composed of sulfuric acid.
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planet Earth
PROCEED
Earth
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
The surface of the Earth is covered by 71%
water.
TRUE
FALSE
Earth
Correct! The Earth’s surface is composed of
71% water.
Question 2: Select the best answer
The Earth is third planet from the Sun. Which
2 planets are closer?
A. Mercury and Mars
B. Mecury and Venus
C. Venus and Mars
D. Mercury and Neptune
Earth
Correct! Earth is the 3rd planet from the Sun.
Only Mercury and Venus are closer.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Earth is the _____ largest planet in the solar
system.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Earth
Correct! Earth is the 5th largest planet in the
solar system but also has the highest
density.
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planet Mars
PROCEED
Mars
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Mars has two moons. Their names are
Phobos and Chandler.
TRUE FALSE
Mars
Correct! The moons that orbit Mars are
named Phobos and Deimos.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Mars is the ___ largest planet.
A. 7th
B. 6th
C. 5th
D. 4th
Mars
Correct! Mars is the 7th largest planet in the
solar system.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Mars is the ____ planet from the Sun?
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Mars
Correct! Mars is located after Mercury,
Venus, and Earth making it the 4th planet
from the Sun.
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planet Jupiter
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Jupiter
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Jupiter is the 6th planet from the Sun.
TRUE FALSE
Jupiter
Correct! Jupiter is the 5th planet from the
Sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all
closer to the sun than Jupiter.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Jupiter is a gas giant planet composed of
____% hydrogen and ____% helium
A. 70, 30
B. 75, 25
C. 80, 20
D. 90, 10
Jupiter
Correct! Jupiter is composed of 90%
hydrogen and 10% helium.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Jupiter is the ____ largest planet?
A. 1st
B. 2rd
C. 3th
D. 4th
Jupiter
Correct! Jupiter is the largest planet.
• Click proceed to move on to the
planet Saturn
PROCEED
Saturn
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Saturn is the 2nd largest planet.
TRUE
FALSE
Saturn
Correct! Saturn is the second largest planet.
The only planet bigger is Jupiter.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Saturn is the ____ planet from the Sun?
A. 4nd
B. 5rd
C. 6th
D. 7th
Saturn
Correct! Saturn is the 6th planet from the
Sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and
Jupiter are closer.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Saturn has ____ moons, the most of all the planets?
A. 10
B. 16
C. 18
D. 22
Saturn
Correct! Jupiter has 18 moons.
• Click proceed to move on to the
planet Uranus
PROCEED
Uranus
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Uranus spins differently than most planets
– tilted up sideways instead of right side up.
TRUE
FALSE
Uranus
Correct! Uranus is unique in the way that it
spins compared to the other planets.
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Question 2: Select the best answer
Uranus is the ____ planet located from the sun?
A. 6nd
B. 7rd
C. 8th
D. 9th
Uranus
Correct! Uranus is the 7th planet from the
Sun. Only Neptune and Pluto are further.
Question 3: Select the best answer
Uranus is the ____ largest planet?
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
Uranus
Correct! Uranus is the 3rd largest planet
behind Saturn and Jupiter.
• Click proceed to move on to the
planet Neptune
PROCEED
Neptune
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Neptune is the 5th largest planet.
TRUE
FALSE
Neptune
Correct! Neptune is the 4th largest planet
and is one of the gas giants.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Neptune is the ____ planet from the sun?
A. 6nd
B. 7rd
C. 8th
D. 9th
Neptune
Correct! Neptune is the 8th planet from the
Sun for the majority of the time as its orbit
crosses with pluto.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Neptune’s blue color is a result of the ____
Found in it’s atmosphere?
A. Helium
B. Nitrogen
C. Carbon
D. Methane
Neptune
Correct! Mercury’s closeness to the Sun and
extreme temperature contribute to it not
having an atmosphere.
• Click proceed to move on to the
planet Pluto
PROCEED
Pluto
Question 1: determine if the statement is
true or false and select the appropriate
answer
Pluto is considered a gas giant.
TRUE FALSE
Pluto
Correct! Pluto is considered a dwarf planet.
Question 2: Select the best answer
There are ____ planets bigger than Pluto?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Pluto
Correct! Pluto is the smallest planet in the
solar system.
Question 2: Select the best answer
Pluto is smaller than ____ moons in the
solar system?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Pluto
Correct! There are 7 moons in the solar
system bigger than the planet Pluto.
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