1. The Solar System

2. The Solar System
• The Solar System is a collection of
planets, moons and stars.
• Our Solar System has eight planets
that orbit the sun.

3. The Solar System
• The Sun is the
center of the
Solar System.
• The Sun is a star.

4. The Solar System
• Mercury is the
closest planet to
the Sun.
• It is small.
• It is very hot.
• It has no moons.

5. The Solar System
• Venus is the
second closest
planet from the
Sun.
• Venus is the
hottest planet.
• It has no moon.

6. The Solar System
• We live on the
Earth.
• It is the third
planet from the
Sun.
• The Earth has one
moon.

7. The Solar System
• Mars is the
fourth planet
from the Sun.
• Mars is red.
• It has two tiny
moons.

8. The Solar System
• Jupiter is the
fifth planet from
the Sun.
• It is the biggest
planet in our Solar
System.
• It has many
moons.

9. The Solar System
• Saturn is the
sixth planet from
the sun.
• It has beautiful
rings made of ice
and rocks.
• It has many
moons.

10. The Solar System
• Uranus is the
seventh planet
from the sun.
• It is a light-blue
gas.
• It has many
moons.

11. The Solar System
• Neptune is the
eighth planet
from the sun.
• It is a light-blue
gas.
• It has many
moons.

12. The Solar System
• Memory aid: My very excellent mother
just sent us newspapers.

13. The Solar System
• Planet names:
– Mercury: Roman god of trade
– Venus: Roman goddess of love.
– Mars: Roman god of war.
– Jupiter: King of the Roman gods.
– Saturn: Roman god of agriculture.
– Uranus: Greek god of the sky.
– Neptune: Roman god of the sea.

14. The Solar System
• Planet diameters and distances from the Sun.

15. The Solar System
• The eight planets orbit the sun.

16. The Solar System
• The time taken to orbit the sun
depends on the distance from the sun.