OUR SOLAR SYSTEM By: Annamary Gilbert

The Solar System OOur Solar System consists of stars, planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, gas, and because of us, space junk. OOur Solar System’s planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. TThe sun is the center of our solar system. OOur solar system is in the Milky-Way Galaxy. PPluto was a regular planet but was downgraded to a dwarf planet. AAnother dwarf planet is Eris.

Planets  We have 8 planets in our solar system.  Mercury-The smallest planet in our Solar system.  Venus-The surface of Venus is very dry.  Earth-The only known planet to maintain life.  Jupiter-The red spot on Jupiter is a raging Hurricane.  Saturn-Saturn has 62 known moons  Uranus-The atmosphere of Uranus is made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane.  Neptune-Neptune is a gaseous planet made up of hydrogen, helium, methane, with some ammonia and water.

The Inner Planets  The Inner Planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.  What separates the inner and outer planets is the Asteroid Belt.

The Outer Planets  The outer planets are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  The outer planets are also known as The Gas Giants.  Jupiter is the first and biggest Giant.

Earth  Earth is the planet that we live on.  Another name for Earth is Terro.  It’s surface is 70% water and 30% land.  Earth contains canyons, water, mountains, deserts, and, ice lands.

Earth’s Surface  Earth has 7 main bodies of land: North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica.  These bodies of land are the continents.  The U.S.A is located in North America.

Earth’s Water TThe earth has 5 oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. TThe largest ocean is the Atlantic. TThe smallest is the Arctic Ocean. OOnly about 2.5% is fresh water the rest is too salty to drink.

Mars Surface  Mars surface is very dry.  It used to have volcanoes, but now its just a barren wasteland.  Why is Mars the Red Planet? Because the dirt on the planet is red.

Mars Surface  It contains an ice cap on its North Pole.  It has a volcano called Olympus Mons  Olympus Mons Is the largest volcano in our solar system.

Curiosity CCuriosity is a rover on Mars. TThree things that Curiosity found are: Meteorites, water in the soil, and mountains. IIt weighs about 2,000 pounds Look! Curiosity also found an alien

How are Earth and Mars Alike…  They are both in our solar system  They are both the rocky planets made of rock and metal  They are both part of the inner planets  They have the same amount of dry land  They don’t have rings

How are Earth and Mars Different...  Earth can maintain life: trees, plants, animals, and people.  Mars is Half the size of earth >

So, to sum everything up…  We learned about:  The planets in our solar system  Other things in space  Some space exploration  How Earth and Mars are alike/different

I hope you learned a ALOT!!