Tuesday Warm-Up

1. Tuesday Warm-Up • Order the following from smallest to greatest: • Solar System, Galaxy, Universe, Planet • What is a comet? • What is a comet made of?

2. Planet Brochure Project! Context: It is year 2150. You are working for a planetary travel agency. This company sells vacation packages to its customers. Your manager has just asked you to create a travel brochure for your assigned planet that compares it to the other planets in your grouping (inner or outer). Your brochure should be created by folding a single sheet of copy caper to be a tri-fold brochure, and should meet the following requirements on each page (6 total): • Example: • The Pluto Paradise

4. The Solar SystemBrainpop: Match the description to each planet

5. Planet • A large object in space that orbits a star

6. Two Groups of Planets • Inner planets (AKA Terrestrial (Rocky) Planets) - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars • Outer planets (AKA Giant Gas Planets) • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

7. Inner Planets

8. Vocabulary! • Atmosphere: • The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet

9. Mercury • Distance: • 1st Planet from the sun; distance • 0.39 AU • Size: • Smallest planet • 4,878 km diameter • 38% of earth’s diameter

10. Mercury Atmosphere: • Very thin- oxygen, sodium, hydrogen Surface: • Rocky – flat planes and craters Interesting Fact: • Extreme temperatures: 170 degrees at night, 350 degrees during day

11. Venus Distance • Second Planet from the sun • 0.72 AU Size: • 3rd smallest planet • Close to Earth’s size (Earth’s Twin) • 12,204 Km in diameter

12. Venus Atmosphere: • Carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid; so dense you would be crushed by it! Surface: • Rocky surface with active volcanoes and craters

13. Venus • Interesting Fact: Venus’ heavy atmosphere of carbon dioxide traps heat! (Greenhouse effect)

15. Earth Distance • 3rdplanet from the sun Size • 4th smallest planet • 12,756 Km

16. Earth Atmosphere: • Oxygen and nitrogen Surface: • Rocky, mountains and active volcanoes created by lithospheric plates • 70% Water (oceans)

17. Earth Interesting Fact: Only planet known to support life • Moderate temperatures • Water in liquid form • Atmosphere with oxygen • 1 Moon

18. Mars – “the red planet” Distance • 4thplanet from the sun • 1.5 AU Size • 53% of Earth’s diameter • 6,792 Km Diameter • 2nd smallest planet

19. Mars – “the red planet” Atmosphere: • Light. Mostly carbon dioxide • Temperature: COLD!! -20 F Surface: • Barren, rocky land with craters, extinct volcanoes. Lots of dust. • Polar caps - frozen water and carbon dioxide

20. Mars – “the red planet” Life on Mars??? • Somewhat moderate temperatures • Ice (not liquid water) • No oxygen

21. The Outer Planets: Gas Giants

23. Four Outer Planets: The Gas Giants • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune

24. Gas Giants • Atmosphere: Very thick! Mostly hydrogen and helium. • Would crush you! • Temperature: extremely cold!

25. Jupiter Distance: • 5thplanet from sun • 5.2 AU Size: • Largest planet. • 11 times the size than Earth! • 143,844 Km diameter

26. Jupiter Atmosphere: • Mainly hydrogen and helium • Temperature: -238°F! Surface: • No solid surface (gas) • Rings: very thin rings

27. Interesting Fact: Great Red Spot! A hurricane-like cloud. 

29. Saturn • Distance: • 6thplanet from sun • 9.5 AU • Size: • 2nd largest planet • 120,536 Km diameter • 9X larger than Earth.

30. Saturn Atmosphere: • Mainly Hydrogen & Helium • Temperature: -292°F Surface • No solid surface (made of gas)

31. Interesting Fact: Saturn’s rings are mostly made of ice and rock! Each piece is orbiting around Saturn. There are hundreds of rings.

32. Uranus Location: • 7th planet from the sun • 19 AU Size • 3rd largest planet • 4X the size of Earth • 51,118 km Diameter

33. Uranus Atmosphere: • Mainly Hydrogen, Helium, and Methane • Temperature: -355°F Surface • No solid surface (made of gas)

34. Uranus Interesting Fact: • Uranus rotates from top to bottom! • Most planets rotate from side to side. • Why is Uranus different? • Billions of years ago, it may have been hit by a large object that knocked it on its side

35. Neptune Location: • 8th planet from sun • 30 AU Size: • 4th largest planet • 4 times size of earth • 49,532 km diameter

36. Neptune Atmosphere: • Mainly Hydrogen, Helium, and Methane • Looks blue because of poisonous methane. • Temperature: :-364°F Surface • No solid surface (made of gas) • Rings: very thin rings

37. Life on the Gas Giants? • No! • No oxygen • Too cold • No liquid water

39. Comparison Card Game!! • Task #1: Match the descriptive words with the planets • Task #2: Match the statements with the planet (will be on board-next slide) • Task #3: Order the following using planet cards. • Smallest to biggest • Closest to farthest • Team must be checked by a teacher before writing on sheet!

40. Directions: Match the statements below with the correct planet • Red planet • Poisonous Methane • Top to bottom rotation • Only planet with life • Contains the “Great red spot” • Hundreds of rings • Hottest Planet • Smallest planet

41. Friday Bell Ringer • List the planets in order from smallest to largest in size • Which planet rotates top to bottom? • Which planet has red dust? • Which planets are gassy planets?