1. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!
The Eight Planets
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos!

2. Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

3. Inner Planets: small & made of rock.

4. Mercury-looks like our moon (Luna)

5. Mercury-no atmosphere!
(takes 88 days to orbit the sun)

6. Venus-covered in yellow clouds & the hottest planet!

7. The surface is made mainly of the mineral IRON. Iron rusts.
Mars-”Red” Planet
The surface is made mainly of the mineral IRON.
Iron rusts.

8. Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

9. OUTER PLANET FACTS:
VERY LARGE
MADE OF GASES
RINGS AROUND THEM

10. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune-all have rings!

11. Jupiter-largest planet

12. Jupiter: 63 moons & a great red spot

13. Saturn’s Rings: ice & rock

14. Uranus-spins on its side!
Its axis is tilted almost completely on its side. The tilt is what causes seasons.

15. Neptune: 5 billion km away from the sun!

16. takes 165 years to orbit the sun
Neptune
takes 165 years to orbit the sun

18. Pluto is now a dwarf planet!