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ADVENTURES IN THE
MILKY WAY
Emma Gandy Computer 5
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM: INNER PLANETS
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It is grey,
covered in craters, and has no atmosphere. It is
very dense and temperatures can reach 590K
degrees. It has no moons.
The second planet from the sun is Venus, it is
yellowish white and has sulfuric acid clouds.
There are no moons in its orbit.
Earth has blue oceans, white clouds, and mostly
green land. It is a unique planet since it has life. It
has one moon and is the third planet from the sun.
Mars is a reddish orange planet covered in iron
rocks. It is the last inner planet in our solar
system and has two moons: Phobos and Deimos.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM: OUTER PLANETS
The largest and fifth planet from the sun is
Jupiter. It is orange with white ammonia clouds
and is gas giant. Jupiter has a 67 moons.
Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun is another
gas giant. It has rings and is a pale yellow color.
60 moons orbit Saturn
Uranus has 27 moons that orbit it. It is light blue
because of its methane clouds. It is a gas giant,
has rings, and is the seventh planet from the sun.
The last gas giant and planet from the sun is
Neptune. Neptune is light blue due to methane. It
has 14 moons and some rings.
DWARF PLANETS
Pluto and Eris are
both dwarf planets.
Eris is larger than
Pluto. Eris was
discovered in 2005
and Pluto was
discovered in 1930.
EARTH’S SURFACE
Sea 71%
Land 29%
Another name
for Earth is
Gaea.
EARTH’S OCEANS
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Earth has five oceans:
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian,
Southern, and Arctic. The
Pacific Ocean is the largest
ocean and the Arctic Ocean
is the smallest ocean.
An ocean is a large body of
water and it is the largest
division of open water. A sea
is a division of an ocean.
The North Pole contains the
largest ice cap. If both of the
poles melted, the sea level
would rise 216 feet. About
70% of Earth’s freshwater
are in both polar caps
together.
EARTH’S CONTINENTS
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Earth has seven continents.
North America’s highest
mountain is Mount
McKinley. South America’s
longest river is the Amazon
River. Africa’s longest river
is the Nile River. Asia’s
highest mountain is Mount
Everest. Europe’s longest
river is the Volga River.
Australia’s highest mountain
is Mount Kosciusko.
Antarctica’s highest
mountains is Vinson Massif.
GRAND CANYON
The Grand Canyon is
located in Arizona.
 It was formed by the
erosion of water and wind.
 It is 6,000 feet deep and 18
miles wide.
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SURFACE OF MARS
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Mars is called the Red Planet because of iron rich
rocks on its surface.
It has no continents because of no water on its
surface. This also means there are no oceans on mars.
The southern half of mars is covered in craters and
the northern half is covered with lava-filled plains.
The highest mountain on mars is Olympus Mons, it is
three times higher than Mount Everest.
Mars polar ice caps are made up of Martian air that
freezes during winter.
The topography of Mars and Earth is similar. They
both have mountains, water, and canyons.
The largest canyon on Mars is Valles Marineris. It is
3,000 kilometers long and the Grand Canyon is only
800 kilometers long.
CURIOSITY AND MARS
Curiosity discovered
that Mars lacks
methane, found water,
and organic compounds
in a rock.
 Curiosity is the size of a
small SUV, it travels
660 feet per day, and it
costs 2.5 billion dollars.
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Conclusion
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM. I USED GOOGLE,
GOOGLE IMAGES, MY WORKSHEET,
AND OTHER WEBSITES. I HOPE YOU
ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION! :)