1. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
6th Grade Science

2. What are we going to learn?
What is it?
State of matter
Inner or outer planet
Type of atmosphere
Interesting fact
Where is it located?
How does it move?

3. Mercury – what is it? State of Matter : Solid Surface; Rocky
Inner Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Thin, Sodium and other gases
Interesting Fact: So close to the sun there are temperatures that reach 430 Degrees Celsius

4. Mercury- how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): .24
Rotation(earth Days): 59

5. Mercury- where is it?

6. Venus-what is it? State of Matter : Solid Surface; Rocky Inner Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Very Thick; mostly carbon dioxide
Interesting Fact: If you stood on Venus you would be crushed by its atmosphere

7. Venus-how does it move? Revolution(earth years): .62
Rotation(earth Days): 243

8. Venus-where is it?

9. Earth-what is it? State of Matter : Solid Surface; Rocky Inner Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Oxygen-20%, Nitrogen-80%
Interesting Fact: about 70 % is water

10. Earth-how does it move? Revolution(earth years): 1
Rotation(earth Days): 1

11. Earth-where is it?

12. Mars-what is it? State of Matter : Solid Surface; Rocky Inner Planet
Type of Atmosphere: mostly carbon dioxide , 1% pressure of earth
Interesting Fact: similar seasons like Earth

13. Mars-how does it move? Revolution(earth years): 1.9
Rotation(earth Days): 1.03

14. Mars-where is it?

15. Jupiter-what is it? State of Matter : gas surface Outer Planet
Type of Atmosphere: thick, hydrogen and helium
Interesting Fact: most massive planet in the solar system, 300 times earths size!

16. Jupiter-how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): 12
Rotation(earth Days): .41

17. Jupiter-where is it?

18. Saturn-what is it? State of Matter : gas surface Outer Planet
Type of Atmosphere: clouds and storms less dense than water
Interesting Fact: Saturn’s rings are made of chunks of ice

19. Sautrn-how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): 29
Rotation(earth Days): .43

20. Saturn-where is it?

21. Uranus-what is it? State of Matter : gas surface Outer Planet
Type of Atmosphere: methane in atmosphere causing it to be blue
Interesting Fact: rotates sideways

22. Uranus-how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): 84
Rotation(earth Days): .72

23. Uranus-where it is?

24. Neptune-what is it? State of Matter : gas surface Outer Planet
Type of Atmosphere: visible clouds
Interesting Fact: 20 times Earth’s distance from the Sun

25. Neptune-how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): 165
Rotation(earth Days): .67

26. Neptune-where is it?

27. Sun Physical property: 99.8% of the mass of the solar system
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Movement: Orbits around the Milky Way

28. Galilean Moons:
Physical property: Lo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto are all moons
Location: Jupiter
Movement: revolve around Jupiter

29. Comets: Physical property: large chunks of ice and dust
Location: very few come near Earth, most are around the Sun
Movement: longer orbital time than planets, long and narrow ellipses around the Sun.

30. Asteroids:
Physical property: many shapes, sizes, minerals and elements
Location: asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Movement: most revolve around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter

31. Meteors: Physical property: chunk of rock or dust in space
Location: meteoroids formed when meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere.
Movement: streak of light in the sky