2. Planets By Isabella Baldridge

3. Mercury It has a smooth surface plains and craters. It has no atmosphere and can be extremely hot and extremely cold. It is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has a smooth surface plains and craters. It has no atmosphere and can be extremely hot and extremely cold. It is the smallest planet and closest to the sun.

4. Venus Venus is rocky and it rotates backward. It takes 243 earth days to orbit around the sun once. Venus is rocky and it rotates backward. It takes 243 earth days to orbit around the sun once.

5. Earth We live on Earth. It is a rocky planet and the only planet that supports life. 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. The Earth has one satellite called the moon. It is considered a double planet system. We live on Earth. It is a rocky planet and the only planet that supports life. 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. The Earth has one satellite called the moon. It is considered a double planet system.

6. Mars The fourth planet Mars is a rocky planet. It is known as the red planet. Most of the planet has been blown away. The fourth planet Mars is a rocky planet. It is known as the red planet. Most of the planet has been blown away.

7. Jupiter The fifth planet is a gas giant. Jupiter has a great red spot that is a spiral of clouds. It is three times the size of the Earth. The fifth planet is a gas giant. Jupiter has a great red spot that is a spiral of clouds. It is three times the size of the Earth.

8. Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant and consists of a small core of rock and ice. This has thousands of narrow ringlets that make up the rings. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant and consists of a small core of rock and ice. This has thousands of narrow ringlets that make up the rings.

9. Uranus It is the third largest planet and the seventh from the sun. It is consists of ice and gas around a rocky core. It is the third largest planet and the seventh from the sun. It is consists of ice and gas around a rocky core.

10. Neptune Neptune is a gas giant that is farthest from the sun. It has winds that can be 1200 miles per hour. It has four rings and many moons. Neptune is a gas giant that is farthest from the sun. It has winds that can be 1200 miles per hour. It has four rings and many moons.

11. Resources The Visual Dictionary of the Universe, DK publishing http://www.googleimages.com