Planets in the solar system

1. Planets in the
Solar System
with Ma’am
Joyce

2. Welcome!
Are you excited for a fun
learning session?

3. Stand up and let’s
sing!

4. Arrange the jumbled
letters!

5. 1. This means the spinning of the planet on its axis.(TAOOTNIR)
2. This is the movement of the planet around the sun.( VORETOINUL)
3. This refers to the equal day and night in the different places of the
world.(NOXESQUEI)
4. These are members of the solar system where some of which
have one or more satellites that revolve around the sun. (NEPASTL)

6. Planets in the Solar
Sytem
SUN
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Pluto
Neptune
Stars

7. Terrestrial Planets
Terrestrial or Earth-like planets are
made up of solid rocks. They are also
called inner planets because they are
the closest to the sun among all the
planets.

8. Mercury
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It
is approximately 4,879 km in diameter and
about 57.9 million km away from the sun.
Mercury has no water and atmosphere. It
rotates on its axis in 58.65 Earth days and
completes one revolution within 87.98
Earth days. Mercury has no moon or
satellite revolving around it.

9. Venus
The planet Venus is the second planet from the sun.
Venus is about 12,104 km in diameter and
approximately 108 million km away from the sun. It is
called Earth’s sister planet because it is almost as big
as Earth. The atmosphere in Venus is made up of
carbon dioxide. The heat from the sun cannot escape
through the clouds and the layers of carbon dioxide.
Thus, the temperature in the planet reaches about
460ºC, which is hot enough to melt lead, making
Venus the hottest planet. This is why Venus could
never support life at all. Venus rotates in a clockwise
direction in 243.02 days and revolves around the sun
every 223.7 Earth days. Venus, like Mercury, has no
moon.

10. Earth
Earth is around 12, 756 km in diameter
and about 150 million km away from the
sun. It revolves around the sun in a
counter clockwise direction in one year
or 365.25 days. One complete rotation is
about 24 hours or one day. Earth has one
moon named Luna that revolves around
it.

11. Mars
It is called the red planet because its surface is
covered with bright reddish patches which are
thought of to be deserts. Mars’ atmosphere is
thinner than the earth. Mars has ice caps on both
its north and south poles. Mars is around 6794 km
in diameter and about 227.94 million km from the
sun. It takes approximately 24 hours and 37
minutes for Mars to rotate on its axis and
completes one revolution around the sun in 686.99
days, almost twice as the period of revolution of
Earth. Two small moons, Deimos and Phobos,
revolve around Mars

12. Jovian Planets
They are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune. They are known as the gas
giants, or huge planets made of gas,
because they do not have solid
surfaces.

13. Jupiter
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, is the
largest planet in the solar system. It has a
diameter of approximately 142,984 km and is
778.6 million km away from the sun. Jupiter
rotates on its axis for approximately 9 hours
and 55 minutes. Jupiter revolves around the sun
in about 11.86 Earth years. Jupiter is famous for
its red spot, which is actually a spinning storm.
It is surrounded by three faint rings made of
dust. Jupiter has 79 moons. Its four largest
moons are named Io, Europa, Callisto, and
Ganymede

14. Saturn
the second largest planet in the solar system. It is
approximately 120,536 km in diameter and is
1,433.5 million km away from the sun. Saturn turns
on its axis for about 10 hours and 40 minutes.
Saturn takes approximately 10,747 Earth days or
29.45 Earth years to complete one revolution.
Saturn has seven well-known flat rings made up of
ice particles. It has the biggest and most visible
rings that horizontally spin around the planet. Out
of the 62 moons discovered in Saturn, only 53
moons are officially named. Titan, Atlas, and
Calypso are some of these moons.

15. Uranus
A blue-green gas giant when seen in the sky
because of the presence of methane in its
atmosphere. It also has hydrogen, helium, and
ice in its atmosphere. Uranus is approximately
51,118 km in diameter and about 2,871 million
km away from the sun. It takes Uranus about 17
hours and 14 minutes to rotate on its axis and
84.02 Earth years to go around the sun. Uranus
has 13 rings that are made up of dark dust
particles and rocks. Uranus spins on its side.
Uranus has 27 moons and some of them are
named Miranda, Ariel, and Titania.

16. Neptune
the farthest planet from the sun, is the smallest
of the gas giants. It is about 49,528 km in
diameter and is approximately 4,495.1 million km
away from the sun. It is bluish in color and has
six rings around it. Neptune turns on its axis in
around 19 hours and 17 minutes. It takes nearly
164.8 Earth years to revolve around the sun.
Neptune has 14 moons. Triton is its most
unusual moon because it orbits Neptune in the
opposite direction – from east to west

17. • How do planets move? In what direction do planets rotate?
• What about revolution?
• How are the planets arranged according to their distance from the sun?
• Which is the nearest? Farthest?
• What are the inner planets?
• Why are they called inner planets?
• What is the other term for inner planets? What are they made of?
• What are the outer planets? Why are they called outer planets?
• What is the other term for outer planets?
• What are they made of?

18. What will you do to keep our mother
Earth a better place to live in?

19. Activity Time
Direction: Read the statement
carefully. Choose the letter of
the correct answer.

20. Thank You
For
Attending!