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MY HOLIDAY AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM By Tori Williams Year 7 MERCURY Is one of the smaller planets Is covered in craters and dusty stony soil Has very little atmosphere to trap heat Is named after the Roman messenger of the Gods Venus Venus is the second planet from the sun
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MERCURY • Is one of the smaller planets • Is covered in craters and dusty stony soil • Has very little atmosphere to trap heat • Is named after the Roman messenger of the Gods
Venus • Venus is the second planet from the sun • Venus is the same size as Earth • Venus is sometimes called the ‘greenhouse planet’
Earth • EARTH HAS ONE MOON • EARTH IS THE THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN • THE EARTHS AXIS IS TILTED
Mars • MARS IS KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET • MARS IS COVERED BY ICE CAPS • THE SURFACE OF MARS IS DRY AND ROCKY
Jupiter • Jupiter is the largest of the planets • It has an atmosphere that is poisonous to humans • Jupiter has 12 more moons than any other planet
Saturn • Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. • It is the second largest of the planets. • Is surrounded by seven rings.
Uranus • Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. • It was the first planet to be discovered by telescope. • It has five moons.
Neptune • Neptune is the seventh planet from the sun. • Neptune have two known moons. • Neptune is at times further from the sun than Pluto.
Pluto • Pluto is 6 000 million Kilometres from the sun. • Pluto is not like any other of the planets.
Postcard DEAR MISS SHERI I AM ON MY HOLIDAY ON MARS. I BEEN SWIMMING AND THE WATER WAS WARM. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING CRICKET WITH ALIENS. THE DAYS ARE LONG HERE AND WE PLAY CRICKET LONG INTO THE AFTERNOON FROM TORI
Holiday Food I will eat pizza, fruit and vegetables.
ON HOLIDAYS I WILL DRESS MY SELF IN WARM CLOTHES. I WILL WERE HUGE BOOTS SOCKS AND BEANIE.
Good sites to visit • http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ • http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm • http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm • http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ • http://www.solarviews.com/ • http://btc.montana.edu/CERES/html/Weight/weight.html • http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/games/weight.html • http://kids.nineplanets.org/general.htm • http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=207 • http://web.visionlearning.com/custom/astronomy/custom/ASTR1.1-pg-planets2.shtml