1. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
6th Grade Science

2. What are we going to learn?
What is it?
State of matter
Inner or outer planet
Type of atmosphere
Interesting fact
Where is it located?
How does it move?

3. Mercury – what is it? Inner Planet
State of Matter: Solid Surface; Rocky
Nickname: Fastest Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Thin, Sodium and other gases
Size: 4,878 km (about size of our moon)
Mass: 3.3 x 1023 g
Distance from Sun: Closest at 0.39 AU
Moons: 0
Rings: 0
Interesting Fact:
Lots of craters
Looks like our moon
Day: 430°C
Night: -170 °C

4. Mercury- how does it move?
Revolution: .24 Earth years (88 days)
Rotation: 59 Earth Days

5. Mercury- where is it?

6. Venus-what is it? Distance from Sun: .72 AU Inner Planet
Moons: 0
Rings: 0
Interesting Fact:
Greenhouse Effect Poisonous gasses
Day longer than a year
Retrograde rotation (backwards)
Inner Planet
State of Matter : Solid Surface; Rocky
Nickname: Earth’s Twin
Type of Atmosphere: CO2 & N; Sulfuric Acid in clouds
Size: 12,103 km
Mass: 4.9 x 1010 g

7. Venus-how does it move? Revolution: .62 Earth years
Rotation: 244 earth Days

8. Venus-where is it?

9. Earth-what is it? Inner Planet State of Matter: Solid Surface; Rocky
Nickname: Terra; Blue Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Nitrogen & Oxygen
Size: 12,756 km
Mass: 6.0 x 1024 g
Distance from Sun: 1.0 AU
Moons: 1
Rings: 0
Interesting Fact:
Only planet in our solar system with life on it.

10. Earth-how does it move?
Revolution: 1 Earth year
Rotation: 1 Earth Day

11. Earth-where is it?

12. Mars-what is it? 1.52 AU Distance from Sun: 2.28 x 108 Inner Planet
Moons: 2
Rings: 0
Interesting Fact:
We have probes on Mars
Seasons like Earth
Frozen CO2 on polar ice caps
Inner Planet
State of Matter: Solid Surface; Rocky
Nickname: The Red Planet
Type of Atmosphere: CO2 & N
Size: 6,794 km
Mass: 6.4 x 1023 g

13. Mars-how does it move? Revolution: 1.9 Earth years
Rotation: 1.03 Earth Days

14. Mars-where is it?

15. Jupiter-what is it? 5.2AU Outer Planet State of Matter: Gas Surface
Nickname: Largest Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Hydrogen & Helium
Size: 142,800 km
11.2 x Earth’s diameter
Mass: x Earth mass
Distance from Sun: 7.8 x 108
5.2AU
Moons: 50 named (66 total)
Rings: Yes, 3 Named Rings
Interesting Fact:
Most massive planet – 300x earth’s size

16. Jupiter-how does it move?
Revolution (earth years): 12
Rotation (earth Days): .41 (< 10 hrs)

17. Jupiter-where is it?

18. Saturn-what is it? 9.6 AU Outer Planet State of Matter : Gas Surface
Nickname: Ringed Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Hydrogen & Helium
Size: 120,540 km
4.0 x Earth’s diameter
Mass: 1.9 x 1027 g
95.2 x Earth’s mass
Distance from Sun: 7.8 x 108
9.6 AU
Moons: 62
Rings: Yes, 7 Rings
Interesting Fact:
Saturn’s rings are made of chunks of ice

19. Saturn-how does it move?
Revolution (earth years): 29
Rotation (earth Days): .45 (10.6 hrs)

20. Saturn-where is it?

21. Uranus-what is it? Outer Planet State of Matter: Gas Surface
Nickname: Ice Giant
Type of Atmosphere: Hydrogen, Helium, Methane (CH4)
Size: 51,200 km (4 x Earth)
Mass: 8.7 x 1025 g (14.5 x Earth’s Mass)
Distance from Sun: 19.2 AU
Moons: 27 named
Rings: Yes (13 with gaps)
Interesting Fact:
Retrograde Rotation (Rotates Sideways), North to South
Methane in atmosphere causes it to be blue
Turned on side
North Pole faces Sun always

22. Uranus-how does it move?
Revolution: 84 Earth years
Rotation: .72 Earth Days (17.4 hrs)

23. Uranus-where it is?

24. Neptune-what is it? Outer Planet State of Matter: Gas Surface
Nickname: Blue Planet
Type of Atmosphere: Hydrogen, Helium, Methane (CH4)
Size: 51,200 km (4 x Earth)
Mass: 8.7 x 1025 g (17.1 x Earth’s Mass)
Distance from Sun: 30.1 AU
Moons: 13
Rings: Yes (5 known)
Interesting Fact:
20 x Earth’s Distance from the Sun
Largest storm on Neptune recorded in 1989 – Great Dark Spot

25. Neptune-how does it move?
Revolution(earth years): 165
Rotation(earth Days): .67 (16.1 hrs)

26. Neptune-where is it?

27. Sun Physical property: 99.8% of the mass of the solar system
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Movement: Orbits around the Milky Way

28. Galilean Moons:
Physical property: Lo, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto are all moons
Location: Jupiter
Movement: revolve around Jupiter

29. Comets: Physical property: large chunks of ice and dust
Location: very few come near Earth, most are around the Sun
Movement: longer orbital time than planets, long and narrow ellipses around the Sun.

30. Asteroids:
Physical property: many shapes, sizes, minerals and elements
Location: asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Movement: most revolve around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter

31. Meteors: Physical property: chunk of rock or dust in space
Location: meteoroids formed when meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere.
Movement: streak of light in the sky