Download Planet

All of these instructions and a
sample presentation are in
Fike’s Classes in a file named
Planet PowerPoint
Instructions and Sample.
Assignment Guidelines
• You must complete 9 slides, the 10th is
optional
• All slides must contain at least one picture
• All words must be at least 32 in font size
• Once you have created the slides and added
the information you should animate at least
one thing on each slide
• Remember to check for spelling and grammar.
Picture of
your planet
First and Last Name
Computers - Fike - 1st Hour
Science - Dillon - 3rd Hour
Name - How did your planet get
it’s name?
Location - distance from sun in km
what order of all planets
Size -
What order is it the
largest or smallest
mass
diameter
Atmosphere - What makes up your planets
atmosphere?
Chemical Composition
Geology -
What is the planet made of?
Does it have layers? What are
they?
Moons -
How many?
What are they named?
Other information?
Unique Characteristics - Uranus is the
sideways planet, Saturn has rings, etc.
Miscellaneous - Any other information you
would like to include about your planet.
Stacey Fike
Computers - Fike - 1st Hour
Science - Dillon - 3rd Hour
Name?
Distance?
Size?
Atmosphere?
Composition?
Layers?
Moons?
Uniqueness?
Earth is the only planet whose English name
does not derive from Greek mythology.
The name is from Old English and
Germanic.
In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the
Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil.
Earth is the third
planet from the Sun.
149,600,000 km
Earth is the
fifth largest planet.
diameter:
12,756.3
km
mass:
5.972e24
kg
The Earth's atmosphere is:
• 77% nitrogen
• 21% oxygen
• with traces of
argon, carbon
dioxide and
water
Taken as a whole, the Earth's
chemical composition (by mass)
is:
34.6%
29.5%
15.2%
12.7%
2.4%
1.9%
0.05%
Iron
Oxygen
Silicon
Magnesium
Nickel
Sulfur
Titanium
The Earth is divided into several layers
which have distinct chemical and seismic
properties (depths in km):
0-40
Crust
40-400
Upper mantle
400-650 Transition region
650-2700 Lower mantle
2700-2890 D'' layer
2890-5150 Outer core
5150-6378 Inner core
Earth has only one
natural satellite, the
Moon ~ also known as
Luna.
It is the second brightest
object in the sky after the
Sun.
Thousands of small
artificial satellites have
also been placed in
orbit around the Earth.
Unique
Characteristics
71% of the Earth's surface is covered
with water. Earth is the only planet
on which water can exist in liquid
form on the surface.