The Solar SystemBy Will And Laura

The Sun• The Sun is a huge ball of burning fire.• The sun’s surface is about 10,832 degrees

Fahrenheit.• The sun causes seasons,climate,ocean

currents, air circulation, and weather.• The sun has been around for 4.6 billion years.

MercuryMercury is the closest Planet to the sun.It is the 2nd smallest Planet in our Solar

System.It takes only 88 earth days for this Planet to

orbit the sun.A day on Mercury is 59 times longer than an

Earth Day.

VenusThe temperature on Venus is about 900

degrees.Venus is covered by layers of cloudsAs well as trapping in heat the clouds of

Venus reflect sunlight.The air pressure on Venus is 90 times greater

then on earth.

EarthIt completes one orbit of the sun about once

every 365 days.Earths atmosphere is very thin.Earth has one natural satellite, the moon.It also helps to protect us from meteors by

causing them to burn up before reaching earths surface.

The MoonThe moon is about 1 4th the size of the earth.The moon reflects light from the sun.Earths ocean tides are caused by the

gravitational pull of the moon.Many scientists believe the moon was

originally part of the earth.

MarsMars often has wind that blows up to 200

kilometers per hour.is the 4th planet from the sun.It is known as the red planet.There are ice caps on both poles of mars.

JupiterJupiter has 4 large moons.Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar

System.It is like a star in many ways.In some ways Jupiter is like a tiny Solar

System.

SaturnSaturn is the 6th planet in our Solar System.4 moons of Saturn pass in front of the planet.Saturn weighs little compared to how large it

is.Saturn is 9 times larger than earth.

UranusUranus spins up and down.Uranus is the 7th planet in our Solar System.It takes 81 earth years for Uranus to go

around the sun.Uranus seems to roll around the sun.

NeptuneIt takes Neptune about 165 earth years to go

around the sun.Neptune's dark spots are storms the size of

earth.Neptune has dark and light cloud bands that

remind people of Jupiter's stripes.The high clouds probably occur where warm

air is risig through colder surroundings.

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