1. By Parm & Harman

2. Formation of the Solar System Formed 4.5 billion years ago sun burst into existence and leftover material formed the planets, moons and asteroids First planets made were the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) The Jovian planets(outer) were formed from ice, gas, and dust The Jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

4. The Sun Holds 99% of the mass of the solar system Produces light and heat for the entire solar system Could hold 1.3 million earths inside of it Composed of hydrogen gas

5. 6 Features to the Sun Solar prominence: Large loops of super hot gas that extend out of the sun’s surface Sunspot: dark patches on the sun’s surface that are slightly cooler, about 3500 degrees Celsius than surrounding areas Photosphere: the thin outer layer of the sun, where hot gas rises to the surface cools then sinks back into deeper layers Solar flare: extremely violent eruptions of gas from the sun’s surface that can last a few hours. Corona: the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere, a layer of gas that can reach 3,000,000 degrees Celsius. Chromosphere: 3000km thick layer beneath the sun’s corona, composed of hot low density gas.

7. Solar Wind Hot energetic gases get ejected in a sudden burst Gas is spewed in every direction When these gathers hit the earths magnetic field it deflects the solar wind from north pole to south pole Some winds are so powerful they can disable satellites and knock out power supply on earth When solar wind hits the earths magnetic fields it creates an aurora

9. The planets To be, considered a planet the body: must orbit one or more stars Be large enough that its own gravity holds the body in a spherical shape Be only body occupying the orbital path. There are eight planets in our solar system Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

11. Questions How many planets are in our solar system? What are the Jovian planets? Name the planets in order. How where the planets formed? How is solar flare formed?

15. Bibliography cosmoforkids.com/files/solsyst2_solarwind.html McGraw Hill BC Science 9 Wikipedia.org/wiki/sun Wikipedia.org/wiki/solar_wind Wikipedia.org/wiki/planets