Our Solar Systemby

Katie Moreno

Our Solar System has 12 planets.

We only live on one.

All the planets are made of gas and rock.

Our Sun The sun is really a

star. The sun is made

up of fire and gas. The sun is the

closest star to Earth.

Mercury Mercury is

brightest in the morning.

Mercury doesn’t have any moons.

Mercury looks like our moon.

Venus Venus has many

volcanos. Venus also has no

moons. It is very hot on

Venus.

Earth Earth is the planet

we live on. Earth is the only

planet with living things like plants and animals.

The blue is the water, green is the land, and white is the clouds.

Mars Mars is called

“The Red Planet”. Mars is red

because of a chemical called Iron Oxide.

It’s the fourth planet from the sun.

The Asteroid Belt Scientists have only

found 26 asteroids. If you took all of

them, you would get one small planet.

Asteroids are just like really small planets.

Jupiter Jupiter is the

largest planet besides the sun.

It has a red spot which is made of a storm.

It is one of the gas giants.

Saturn Saturn has a ring. The ring is also

made of a storm. The rings are ice

cold.

Uranus Uranus has 27

moons. It has a moon

called Arial. It’s the only planet

that’s sideways.

Neptune Neptune is the

smallest gas giant. Neptune has 13

moons. Neptune is very

cold.

The Dwarf Planet Pluto Pluto is called a dwarf

planet because it is so small.

Some people think Pluto is not a planet.

Pluto was once considered the smallest planet in the solar system until was made a dwarf planet.

Constellations Constellations are

shapes in the sky made of stars.

There are many shapes.

One example is the Big Dipper.

Our Galaxy Our galaxy is the

Milky Way Galaxy. Galaxies have

solar systems inside.

The galaxy has a lot of things inside.

Reference Page http://

www.planetsforkids.org/

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/mercury.html

http://kids.nineplanets.org/portfoli.htm

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/earth/http://space-facts.com/mars/

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