1. THE SOLAR SYSTEM Learning About Our Universe…

2. THE SUN Is the largest object in the solar system… It is a star… It’s light reaches the earth in about 8 minutes…

3. THE MOON The moon takes about 27 days to go all the way around the earth… The moon is 4.5 billion years old… The surface of the moon has many things on it such as craters…

4. MERCURY It is the planet closest to the Sun… It orbits around the Sun… It is named after a Greek god…

5. VENUS It is slightly smaller than Earth… The surface of Venus is often described as a “stormy desert”… It has no liquid water…

6. EARTH It is the only known planet to have life… It is the only planet that has liquid water… It is the third planet from the Sun…

7. MARS It is nicknamed the “red planet”… It experiences violent dust storms… It is very close to the earth…

8. JUPITER It is the largest planet in the solar system… It has a rocky core… It has many storms…

9. SATURN It is the second largest planet… It is surrounded by a system of rings… It is very light…

10. URANUS It spins on its side… It was the first planet discovered by telescope… It is blue because of its high level of Methane gas…

11. NEPTUNE It is almost four times the size of Earth… It suffers the most violent weather… It is covered with thin white clouds…

12. OUR UNIVERSE IS AMAZING! BACK