2. •Is a GIANT star
•Is the closest star to earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_21.html •All the planets orbit
around the sun.
•The sun provides us with
daylight and heat
3. •Closest to the Sun
•Has craters
•Has no atmosphere
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/flyby2_20081007_1.html
•Has no moons
•Is the smallest
planet!
4. •atmosphere of hot swirling
clouds of carbon dioxide
•Has no moons
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/venus_worldbook.html
•Never rains because it is SO
hot.
•Its covered with volcanoes!
•Is the 2nd planet from the
sun.
5. •Is an “Ocean” planet
•Only planet that
supports life.
http://www.eco-pros.com/images/Planets/mostorg.jpg
•Is the 3rd planet from
the sun
•The 5th largest planet
•Earth’s moon helps our
planet earth rotate
around the sun.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Overvie
6. •Has two moons
•4th planet from the
sun.
•Has a very rocky
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/world/tech/mars-planet-water-
nasa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.enjoyfrance.com/content/view/1577/31/&usg=__aGK7DC3WzhCnVlNdjuAhCBzeiOs=&h=377&w=396&sz=2
surface
4&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=8CzsDZXBR2jPiM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanet%2Bmars%26um%3D1%26hl
%3Den%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1 •Has dust storms that
last for several
months!
8. •6th planet
from the Sun
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
•Has 18 moons
•The rings
around Saturn
are made up
of water ice.
