The sun is the closest star to Earth and all the planets orbit around it. It provides us with daylight and heat. Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. It has no atmosphere or moons. Venus is covered in hot clouds and volcanoes. It is the second planet from the sun. Earth is the third planet and the only one known to support life. It has one moon. Mars has a rocky surface and dust storms. It is the fourth planet and has two moons. Jupiter is the largest planet and has four large moons and 12 small moons. Saturn has rings made of ice and 18 moons. Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the sun and is made mostly of ice.

2. •Is a GIANT star
•Is the closest star to earth.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_21.html •All the planets orbit
around the sun.
•The sun provides us with
daylight and heat

3. •Closest to the Sun
•Has craters
•Has no atmosphere
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/flyby2_20081007_1.html
•Has no moons
•Is the smallest
planet!

4. •atmosphere of hot swirling
clouds of carbon dioxide
•Has no moons
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/venus_worldbook.html
•Never rains because it is SO
hot.
•Its covered with volcanoes!
•Is the 2nd planet from the
sun.

5. •Is an “Ocean” planet
•Only planet that
supports life.
http://www.eco-pros.com/images/Planets/mostorg.jpg
•Is the 3rd planet from
the sun
•The 5th largest planet
•Earth’s moon helps our
planet earth rotate
around the sun.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Overvie

6. •Has two moons
•4th planet from the
sun.
•Has a very rocky
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/world/tech/mars-planet-water-
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surface
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%3Den%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1 •Has dust storms that
last for several
months!

7. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/multimedia/pia02873.html
•Has four large moons and
12 small moons
•Is the biggest planet
•Also know as the “Gas”
planet.
•Jupiter is so big you could fit
earth inside the planet 1000
times!

8. •6th planet
from the Sun
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
•Has 18 moons
•The rings
around Saturn
are made up
of water ice.

9. http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/physics/images/2007/05/21/uranus.jpg •7th planet from the Sun.
•It takes 84 years for
Uranus to go around the
Sun just one time!
•Is made up of ICE! Brrr..!

10. Neptune
http://www.cosmos4kids.com/misc/photos/neptune1.jpg
•8th planet from the sun.
•Is made up of ICE!
•6 rings that go around the
planet
•13 moons.