By: Melody Taylor

 Mercury - Zero moons, appearance looks grey  Venus- Zero moons, appearance looks yellowish- white  Earth- 1 moon, appearance looks light blue  Mars- 2 moons, appearance looks red & orange Separation Between Inner and Outer Planets  Jupiter- 63 moons, largest planet, appearance looks orange  Saturn- 61 moons, appearance looks pale yellow  Uranus- 32 moons, appearance looks light blue  Neptune -18 moons, appearance looks light blue

 All the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars  Outer Planets : Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune  LARGEST Planet: Jupiter  Smallest Planet: Mercury  Pluto and Eris are some dwarf planets

 70% of Earth’s surface is WATER  30% of Earth’s surface is LAND  Another name for Earth is Terra What is the difference between an ocean and a sea? Seas are smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet. Seas are partially enclosed by land.

 Pacific Ocean  Atlantic Ocean  Indian Ocean  Southern Ocean  Artic Ocean Largest- Pacific Smallest-Artic

 There are 7 continents. Did you know that whatever letter the continent starts with that’s what letter it ends with! North America South America Asia Africa Europe Antarctica Australia

 Its appearance looks red. It is called the Red Planet. It is called the Red Planet because of iron oxide dust- AKA rust.  The name of the highest mountain on Mars is called Olympus Mons – which is 16 miles high. which is about 3 times higher that Mt. Everest.

There are no oceans or seas on Mars The Grand Canyon on Mars is called Valles Marineris. Mars’ ice caps are made of water ice.

 Has been on Mars since August 2012  It landed in the equator of Mars  It found water ice on Mars  Found No living things on Mars  The rover is as big as a car

 They are both inner planets  They are in our solar system  They have at least 1 moon  They both are rocky planets  They both contain Metal  They both have atmospheres

 Mars has 2 moons and Earth has 1  Mars is a reddish appearance and Earth has a blue and greenish  There is no life on Mars  Earth is 92,960,000 miles from the sun  Mars is 141,600,000 miles from the sun  There are 365 days in an Earth year  There are 687 days in a Mars year.

I have learned a lot about the planets from my research. I have learned about Curiosity the rover. This has been a fun project for me and I have expanded my knowledge of the Solar System.

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