This document provides an overview of the planets in our solar system, describing key facts about each planet such as their size, composition, atmospheres, and notable features. It discusses the eight major planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - as well as Pluto, and provides one or two important details about each. The document also includes a QR code for additional directions.

1. Planets in our Solar System
An overview of the
Solar System
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2. Mercury
 Mercury is solid and
is covered with
craters.
 Mercury has almost
no atmosphere.
 Mercury is the eighth
largest planet.

3. Venus
 Venus is the sixth
largest planet. It’s
about three-fourths
the size of earth.
 The surface is rocky
and very hot. The
atmosphere
completely hides the
surface and traps the
heat.

4. Earth
 Earth is the fifth largest planet and the third from
the sun.
 Liquid covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.
 The Earth has one moon.

5. Mars
 Mars is the fourth
planet from the sun.
 Mars has a thin
atmosphere that
contains mostly
carbon dioxide.
 Mars has two small
moons.

6. Jupiter
 The Great Red Spot,
a huge storm of
swirling gas that has
lasted for hundreds of
years.
 Jupiter does not have
a solid surface. The
planet is a ball of
liquid surrounded by
gas.

7. Saturn
 Saturn is the second largest planet and the sixth
from the sun.
 Saturn is made of materials that are lighter than
water. If you could fit Saturn in a lake, it would
float!

8. Uranus
 Uranus is the third
largest planet and the
seventh from the sun.
 Uranus is one of the
giant gas planets.
 Uranus is blue-green
because of the
methane in its
atmosphere.

9. Neptune
 Neptune is the fourth
largest planet and the
eight from the sun.
 Because of the orbits,
from 1979 to 1999,
Neptune was the
ninth planet.
 Like Uranus, the
methane gives
Neptune its color.

10. Pluto
 Is Pluto still a planet?

11. Reviewing Planets in our
Solar System
Pluto????