1. • Our solar system consists of 8 planets.
• They all have naturally producing resources,
• In this presentation you will come to know also
about some interesting facts and amazing things
about planets.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT PLANETS
2. SOLAR SYSTEM
THERE ARE EIGHT PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, WHICH ARE IN
INCREASING DISTANCE FROM THE SUN:
• Mercury.
• Venus.
• Earth.
• Mars.
• Jupiter.
• Saturn.
• Uranus.
• Neptune.
3. Amazing facts:
• A year on Mercury is just 88 days long.
• Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar
System.
• Mercury is the second densest planet.
• Mercury has wrinkles.
• Mercury has a molten core.
Mercury:
1. volcanoes
2. forest fires
3. canna bar
4. (ore) and
5. Fossil fuels such
as coal and
6. petroleum.
Natural resources:
5. Earth:
Natural resources:
1. Air, water and soil.
2. Biological resources -
plants and animals.
3. Raw materials (like
minerals)
4. Space and land.
5. Wind, geothermal, tidal
and solar energy.
6. Amazing facts:
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is
the second smallest planet in the solar
system.
Named after the Roman god of war,
Mars is also often described as the “Red
Planet” due to its reddish appearance.
Mars:
Natural resources:
Traces
of aluminum, titanium, chr
omium, gold, and
other metals have been
found
in meteorites believed to
have originated from Mars
7. Jupiter:
Natural resources:
1. Development Review
(commercial and residential)
2. Habitat protection (uplands,
wetlands)
3. Wildlife protection (eagles, sea
turtles, osprey, tortoise)
4. Vegetation protection (upland
and wetland vegetation)
9. Uranus:
Natural resources:
Uranus, with no solid surface,
is one of the gas giant planets.
Its atmosphere is composed
primarily of hydrogen
Uranus gets its blue-green color
from methane gas.
Amazing facts:
Uranus turns on its axis once every 17
hours, 14 minutes.
Uranus makes one trip around the Sun
every 84 Earth years.
Uranus is often referred to as an “ice
giant” planet.
Uranus hits the coldest temperatures of
any planet.
10. Neptune:
Natural resources:
Despite being smaller than
Uranus,
Neptune has a greater mass.
Below its heavy atmosphere,
Uranus is made of layers of
hydrogen, helium, and methane
gases.
They enclose a layer of water,
ammonia and methane ice.