Planet Venus Astronomy Lesson PowerPoint

• Elevation image of Venus
If you weigh
100 pounds
on Earth,
you would
weigh 88
pounds on
Venus.

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 Area of Focus: Venus

• Activity Sheet Available: Research Inner
Planets.

THE SUN
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Asteroid Belt
Mercury is a small, rocky
planet. ~ Mercury has
been visited by the
Mariner 10 spacecraft.
Mariner 10 has mapped a
little less than half (45%)
of Mercury's surface. ~
Scientists think that there
may be *volcanic activity*
on Mercury. They are still
studying information sent
to Earth from the Mariner
spacecraft to make
sure. ~ The
temperature on Mercury
ranges from 90 K to 700
K.
Venus is a small, rocky planetblanketed in a thick layer of yellowish
clouds. These clouds are not made of water (like the ones here on
Earth). Instead, they are formed from a poison called sulfuric
acid. ~ Venus' surface is very hot - about 400 degrees
Celsius! ~ Even though Venus is very cloudy, it's simply *too hot*
for rain to form. ~ The first spacecraft to visit Venus was Mariner
2 in 1962. Venus has since been visited by more than 20 spacecraft
in all so far! Some of these visiting spacecraft include: Pioneer
Venus, Venera 7, Venera 9 and Magellan.
Earth is a small, rocky planet which supports a variety of life! As far as we know, Earth is unique
from all other planets in this respect. ~ Temperatures at the Earth's center (called the "core")
may be as high as 7500 K - That's hotter than the surface of the Sun! ~ The Earth is the densest
major body in the solar system. This means that it's the most "compact" of all the planets. For
example, you have two loaves of bread, both of the same amount. You smash one loaf of bread flat.
Even though both loaves are of the same amount, the smashed bread is *denser* because it is more
compact. The Earth is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old, but the oldest known rocks are less than 4 billion
years old. Rocks older than 3 billion years are rare. The oldest fossils of living organisms are less
than 3.9 billion years old! ~ The Earth is orbited by one moon.
Mars is a small, rocky planet which is cold and lifeless. ~ The first spacecraft to visit
Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. Several others followed including the two Viking landers in
1976. After a long break, Mars Pathfinder landed successfully on Mars on July 4,
1997. ~ Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles made up mostly of solid carbon
dioxide. We know this as "dry ice." ~ Very strong winds and vast dust storms
sometimes blow through the entire planet for months! ~ Mars has two tiny moons
which orbit very close to the surface. Their names are Phobos and Deimos.
The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system. It
contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar
System. All energy for our solar system comes from the sun.
Check out the Corona Ejections
The Sun is, at present, about 70% hydrogen and 28%
helium by mass everything else ("metals") amounts to less
than 2%. The sun is approximately 93 million miles from
Earth.

• Activity! Visit the websites about Venus and
record information for the unit assessment.
– http://www.wwiaviation.com/wavelength/venus.ht
ml
– http://www.space.com/venus/http://nineplanets.or
g/venus.html
– http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Venus/venus.php
– http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Venus/VenusP
lanet.html

• Venus: The Goddess of Love and Beauty.

• Brightest object in the sky besides the sun
and moon.

• Brightest object in the sky besides the sun
and moon. Morning Star / Evening Star

• Where is Venus? answer is…

• Which planet is larger, Venus or Earth?

• Answer! The earth is slightly larger, but the
two are very close.
– Venus is considered earth’s sister planet
because the two are very similar.

two are very close.
– Venus is considered Earth’s sister planet
because the two are very similar in size.

two are very close.
– They also are very close to each other, and
have a similar composition and density.

• Venus is the closest planet to earth.

• How fun would it be to visit Venus?

• Venus has a constant temperature of 480
Degrees Celsius or 864°F.

• Venus is the hottest planet in the solar
system because of the greenhouse effect.

“I can’t
breathe.”
“It burns.”

• Pressure on the surface is 90 times that of
Earth.

• Pressure on the surface is 90 times that of
Earth.
– Equal to being about a mile under the sea.

• Venus would not be a planet that you
would want to visit.

– You would burn up!

– The atmosphere is toxic!

– The atmosphere is toxic!
– The pressure would crush you!

• Thick Clouds created a mystery for many
years.

• The surface of Venus is rather smooth in
many places.
– However, astronomers have found evidence
for many of the same geological features
found on Earth: canyons, volcanoes, lava
flows, rift valleys, mountains, craters, and
plains.

• The surface of Venus is rather smooth in
many places.
– However, astronomers have found evidence
for many of the same geological features
found on Earth: canyons, volcanoes, lava
flows, rift valleys, mountains, craters, and
plains.
However, astronomers have found
evidence for many of the same
geological features found on Earth:
canyons, volcanoes, lava flows, rift
valleys, mountains, craters, and
plains.

• Elevation image of Venus
If you weigh
100 pounds
on Earth,

• Picture of Maat Mons,
– The largest volcano on Venus

• Picture of Maat Mons,
– The largest volcano on Venus
Note: no evidence
that Maat Mons is
currently active.

• Canyons on Venus,
– Not as deep as the Grand Canyon.

• The planet also rotates in a opposite rotation.

Day on Venus =
243 Earth Days
Year on Venus =
224.7 Earth Days

• Video! Visiting the surface of Venus.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro-
EG0ZCvKE

• Video Link! Venus: A fly by tour (Animation)
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFVxWfVtoo

• Video Link: Recent lava flow from a volcano
on Venus.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqPpz7vXn
U&feature=fvst

• Video Link! (Optional) Venus and Mercury,
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VZT6kj2
UA (44:16 minutes)

Some Facts about Venus VENUS
Distance from Sun 108 million km
(67 million miles)
0.72 AU (Earth=1 AU)
Length of Day 243 Earth days
Length of Year 224.7 Earth days
Temperature 462º degrees Celsius Day
or Night. 894º F

• Try again! Try and guess the picture
beneath the boxes.
– Raise your hand when you know. You only
get one guess.

• Inner Planetary Topics Review Game

• “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to
NABT and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=
1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?j
ournal=tst
Please visit at least one of the
“learn more” educational links
provided in this unit and
complete this worksheet

• “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to and
NSTA)
• http://www.scientificamerican.com/space
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?jo
urnal=tst

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