This powerpoint introduces the solar system to young children

1. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
By: Laura Brink
EDU 290
11:00

2. What Is The Solar System?
 The solar system is everything that
orbits around the sun. Including the
planets, comets, and asteroids.
 Split into Inner Planets:
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
 And Outer Planets:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and
“Pluto”

3. The Sun
 Center of our
Universe
 Largest object in
our Solar System
 Every planet orbits
the Sun

4. Mercury
 Closest planet to
sun
 Covered with
wrinkles and craters
 1 day on mercury =
58-1/2 earth days
 Mercury has no
moon
 36 million miles from

5. Venus
 2nd closest to sun
 Many volcanoes and
mountains
 Actually warmer than
mercury
 Very, very dry, almost no
water
 No moons
 67 million miles from the
sun

6. Earth
 3rd planet from the
sun
 30% covered by
land
 70% covered by
water
 Earth has one moon
 93 million miles from
the sun

7. Mars
 4th planet from sun
 “Red Planet”
 2 moons
 Contains the solar
systems largest
volcano
 142 million miles
from the sun

8. Jupiter
 5th planet from the sun
 Largest planet in the
solar system
 Very stormy planet
 No solid surface, all gas
 50 official moons, 12
unofficial moons
 483 million miles from
sun

9. Saturn
 6th planet from sun
 7 rings
 Rings made up of
ice, dust, and rocks
 53 official moons, 9
unofficial moons
 888 million miles from
sun

10. Uranus
 7th planet from sun
 Only planet that spins
on its side
 Surface believed to be
a huge ocean that is
5000 degrees
Fahrenheit
 Also has rings
surrounding it
 27 moons
 1784 million miles

11. Neptune
 8th planet from sun
 Blue planet with white
clouds
 Very windy
 13 moons
 2794 million miles
from sun

12. Pluto
 9th “planet” from sun
 Because it is so small
in 2006 it was
changed from planet
to dwarf planet, so it is
not considered part of
our solar system
anymore
 3 moons
 3647 million miles

13. My Very Excellent Mother Just
Served Us Nine Pizzas

14. Extra information about the
Solar System Comet
Comets –mixture of ices (both
water and frozen gases) and
dust
Asteroid Belt– seperates the Asteroid belt
two parts of the solar system.
Made up of small rock
formations

15. Special Thanks To:
 http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
 http://www.guangxiedu.net/157/origin-of-solar-system.html
 http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/sun
-gallery/
 http://www.realmagick.com/planet-mercury
 http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Venus/venus.php
 http://cae2k.com/alton-brown-photos-0/planet-earth-from-
space.html
 http://twittface.net/beautiful-universe/mars/

16. Special Thanks To: Cont.
 http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Neptune/NeptunePlanet.html
 http://www.spacestationinfo.com/physical-characteristics-
uranus.htm
 http://tracinguniverse.blogspot.com/2012/01/dark-planet-
pluto.html
 http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_8.htm
 http://nineplanets.org/comets.html
 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950826.html
 http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/4376.aspx