OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
BY: KENDALL COUEY
A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE
THE INNER PLANETSFIRST ARE THE 4 INNER PLANETS MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, AND MARS! THESE ARE THE PLANETS CLOSEST TO THE SUN.
MERCURY: THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN IS ALSO THE SECOND HOTTEST PLANTET, PLUS MERCURY IS THE MOST CRATERED PLANET!
VENUS: THE SECOND
CLOSEST TO THE SUN
IS ALSO THE SECOND
BRIGHTEST THING IN
THE NIGHT SKY, PLUS
VENUS IS OFTEN CALLES EARTHS SISTER
PLANET.
EARTH: THE THIRD
CLOSEST TO THE
SUN IS ALSO THE
ONLY PLANET THAT
HAS HUMAN LIVING
ON IT.
MARS: THE FOURTH
CLOSEST ALSO
OUTSHINES THE
OTHER PLANETS
APART FROM VENUS,
IT ALSO HAS POLES
COVERED IN ICE.
THE OUTER PLANETSTHESE ARE THE OUTER PLANETS WHICH ARE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE SUN.
JUPITAR: THE
BIGGEST
PLANET IN OUR
SOLAR
SYSTEM, HAS A
BIG RED SPOT
THAT YOU
COULD FIT 100
EARTHS IN IT.
SATURN: THE PLANET WITH THE MOST VISIBLE RINGS, IS A GIANT BALL OF GAS IT DOES NOT HAVE A SOLID INNER CORE
URANUS: HAS 2
SETS OF RINGS 9
INNER RINGS
AND 2 OUTER
RINGS,
NEPTUNE: HAS A SEA BLUE COLOR DUE TO THE METHANE GAS ATMOSPHERE, ALSO NEPTUNE USED TO HAVE A DARK SPOT LIKE JUPITER.
EARTHS SURFACEPART OF EARTHS SURFACE IS COVERED WITH 70% WATER, AND THE OTHER 30% IS LAND.EARTH HAS MANY DIFFERENT OCEANS ONE OF WHICH IS THE PACIFIC AND IT’S THE BIGGEST OCEAN, THE SMALLEST IS THE ARTIC. SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS A MAIN THING ON EARTH IS ALL ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES INCLUDING MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, OCEANS, RIVERS, LAKES, AND SEAS. THE TEMPTURE ON EARTHS SURFACE CAN VARY DUE TO THE WAY THE PLANET ROTATES, AND THAT FORMS THE SEASONS SUMMER, FALL WINTER AND SPRING.
EARTHS SURFACE UNDERNEATH
THE ROCKY LAYER UNDER THE SOIL IS TH CRUST, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CRUST INCREASES AS YOU GO DEEPER INTO THE EARTH. THE TECTONIC PLATES FLOAT ON THE MOLTEN ASTHENOSPHERE. EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, MOUNTAINS, AND OCEANIC TRENCH FORMATION OCCUR ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES. THE PLATES ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION.
MARS SURFACE
MARS SURFACE IS VERY ROCKY AND DRY, THIS PLANET CONSISTS OF MOUNTAINS, ICE
CAPS, VALLEYS, CHANNELS, AND TRENCHES. THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ON
MARS IS OLYMPUS MONS WHICH IS ROUGHLY 17 MILES HIGH. THE COLOR OF MARS LOOKS RED NECAUSE OF ITS RUSTY DUST. ALSO THE CRATERS ON MARS VARY
DEPENDING ON HOW OLD THE SURFACE IS.
MARS
SURFACE
THE SURFACE ON MARS IS THOUGHT TO BE MOSTLY BASALT, COVERED BY A LAYER IRON OXIDE DUST.
IRON OXIDE DUST GIVES THE PLANET ITS RED HUE. THE SURFACE IS ALSO DOTTED WITH IMPACT
CRATERS, MOST OF THEM ARE STILL IMTACT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MUCH THINNER THAN EARTHS.
CURIOSITYCURIOSITY IS THE LARGEST ROVER TO BE
SENT TO MARS
MARS HAS FOUND MANY
THINGS SUCH AS WATER,
LIFE, THINGS
ABOUT THE SOIL, AND CRATERS
CURIOSITY’S MAIN MISSION IS TO
DETERMINE IF IS, OR WAS ABLE FOR
LIFE
HOW EARTH AND MARS ARE ALIKE
EARTH AND MARS ARE BOTH IN THE INNER PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM, THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN DISCOVERED WITH LIFE, THEY ARE
ALSO BOTH TERRESTRIAL PLANETS MADE UP OF ROCK AND METAL. BOTH HAVE SOLID
AND ROCKY SURFACES, PLUS WATER.
HOW EARTH AND MARS ARE DIFFERENT
MARS IS MUCH COLDER THAN EARTH, AND
HAS NO OCEANS AND SEAS. MARS I
HALF THE SIZE OF EARTH.
MARS IS RED.
EARTH HAS MANY SEAS
AND OCEANS, EARTH HAS
HUMANE BEINGS. EARTH IS
BIGGER, AND CLOSER TO THE SUN
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