1. Our Solar
System

2. What is our solar system made
up of?
•The Sun
•The nine different planets
•The planets Moons

3. The Sun
The sun is an average sized star
It is about 5 billion years old
All the planets rotate around the
sun
The temperature of the sun is
about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit

4. Moons
All of the planets have their own moon,
except for two:
Venus
Mercury

5. The order of the planets
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
Pluto

6. mercury
Distance from the sun= 36 million
miles
Max temperature= 465o C/870o F
Min temperature= -184o C/-300o F

7. venus
Distance from the sun= 67 million
miles
Mass= 81% of Earth
Average temp.= 449o C/850o F

8. earth
Distance from the sun= 93 million
miles
Average temp.= 7.2o C/45o F
1 orbit around the sun= 365.3 days

9. mars
Distance from the sun= 142 million
miles
Max temperature= 36o C/98o F
Min temperature= -123o C/-190o F

10. jupiter
Distance from the sun= 483 million
miles
Average temp.= -153o C/-254o F
1 orbit around the sun= 4332.59
days

11. saturn
Distance from the sun= 888 million
miles
Mass= 95 x’s more than Earth
Average temp.= -184o C/-300o F

12. uranus
Distance from the sun= 1,784
million miles
Average temp.= -184o C/-300o F
1 orbit around the sun= 30,684
days

13. neptune
Distance from the sun= 2,794
million miles
Average temp.= -184o C/-370o F
Mass= 17 x’s more than Earth

14. pluto
Distance from the sun= 3,647
million miles
Average temp.= -234o C/-390o F
1 orbit around the sun= 90,465
days

15. Can you guess the
solar system vocab
word?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/hang
man.htm

16. Let’s test your
memory!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/memory.htm

17. Websites used
 www.kidsastronomy.com
 http://www.wikihow.com/Remember-the-Order-of-the-
Planets-in-Our-Solar-System
 www.A1star.com
 www.earthlyissues.com