1. Welcome to Our Solar System!
By: Elizabeth Vogt
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2. Table of Contents The Sun Mercury Venus Earth The Earth’s Moon Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto (Dwarf)

3. The Sun The Solar System’s biggest star
Classified as a moderately large yellow dwarf
What is the size of the sun?
- 864,938 Miles!
The sun has 3 zones, the inner most being the core, the middle layer being the radiative zone, and the outer layer being the convective zone.
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4. Now Lets Label!
Convective Zone
Radiative
Zone
Core
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5. Mercury Closest planet to the sun Smallest planet – 3,031 miles
Has no moons
Only geological feature = lobed ridges (rubes)
Has a large iron core and thin mantle
Terrestrial Planet
Mercurian Year = 88 days
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6. Venus Closest planet to the size of Earth
Has a thick mantle and iron core
Much drier than Earth and atmosphere is 90% more dense
Hottest planet  Over 400⁰C
No moons
Terrestrial Planet
7,521 miles in diameter
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7. Earth Terrestrial Planet  largest and densest of them
Only planet known to have geological activity
Only planet known to have life
Only planet where plate tectonics have been observed
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8. The Earth’s Moon The Earth’s only satellite Diameter is 2,140 miles
If you were standing on the moon the sky is always dark
Surface is covered with craters
Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on it in 1969
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9. Lets Learn About the Phases of the Moon! Moon!qs
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10. Now Can You Label The Moon’s Phases?
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Full Moon
New Moon
Gibbous Moon
Crescent Moon
Quarter Moon or Half Moon
Quarter Moon or Half Moon
Crescent Moon
Gibbous Moon
Waning Moon
Waxing Moon

11. Mars The red planet Most earth-like planet in our solar system
About 4,222 miles in diameter
Mars has 2 tiny moons
Has a crust, mantle, and core.
Very thin atmosphere
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12. Jupiter Largest planet in our solar system Has 39 known moons
Has prominent bands across latitudes
Has a great red spot
Diameter is 88,700 miles
Composed mostly of gas
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13. Saturn 2nd largest planet in solar system Diameter is 74,898 miles
Mostly hydrogen and helium gas
Its rings are made up of ice chunks
Visible without using a telescope
Has 33 moons
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14. Uranus Huge, icy planet covered with clouds
Blue color is caused by methane
Has a belt of 11 rings
Has 22 moons
Diameter is 31,690 miles
Third largest planet in our solar system
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15. Neptune Icy planet with a hazy atmosphere and strong winds Has 8 moons
Blue color is caused by methane
Diameter is 30,775 miles
Has narrow, faint rings
First planet whose existence was figured out mathematically
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16. Pluto (A dwarf planet) Also known as plutoid
Classified as a dwarf in 2006
Usually orbits past the orbit of Neptune
The diameter is 1,413 miles
Smallest “planet”
Only one to not yet be visited by humans
Has one large moon called Charon (shown in picture in white)
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17. Lets Label Our Planets! The Sun Uranus Mars Pluto (Dwarf) Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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18. Lets Play…Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Solar System Edition!
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