A powerpoint I did for class.

1. www.nasa.gov/.../jpl/news/planetsf-20060815.html
Khalie
Carter
THE SOLAR SYSTEM

2. Table of Contents
 The Big Bang Theory
 Outer Planets
 Inner Planets
 The Moons
 References

3. www.scienceblogs.com
Big Bang Theory
 What is the Big Bang Theory?
 An explanation of what happened at the beginning of our
universe.
 When did this all take place?
 About 15 billion years ago our universe sprang into creation.
 The Bang
 A huge explosion happened that expanded the universe. All the
matter and energy were contained at one point.
 Was it a REAL explosion?
 It was a not an explosion like a bomb, matter of fact it was
explosion of space within itself.

4. Outer Four Planets
 Jupiter
Astroversity.blogspot.com
 The largest planet.
 Outer atmosphere is very cold, but inside the planet it gets hotter and hotter
towards the core.
 Takes 12 Earth years to get around the sun.
 Has rings around it, and a gravitational pull 10,000 times stronger than the Earth.
 Saturn
 Second largest planet in our solar system. Almost 10 times larger than Earth.
 Takes almost 30 Earth years to get around the sun.
 From a distant looks yellowish, but is really pale yellow, golden brown, and
reddish brown.
 Has 22 moons. Titan is one of them, which is one of the largest in the solar
system.

5. Outer Four Planets
 Uranus
 Third biggest planet, 4 times bugger than the Earth. Astroversity.blogspot.com
 Only discovered about 200 years ago.
 It is fuzzy and blue.
 Tipped over, so it looks like it’s rotating completely on it’s side. Takes almost 42
Earth years.
 15 moons
 Neptune
 A little smaller than Uranus.
 Farthest away from the sun.
 Takes 165 Earth years to get around the sun.
 Has 2 rings that circle it.
 Has 3 satellites.

6. Inner Planets
 Mercury
Astroversity.blogspot.com
 The closest planet to the sun.
 The smallest known planet.
 Weak magnetic field around mercury, and the atmosphere is much thinner than
the Earths.
 Moves around the sun much faster than the Earth.
 Days are terribly hot and the nights are terribly cold.
 Venus
 A little smaller than the Earth.
 Closest planet to the Earth.
 Takes more than half a year to turn on it’s axis.
 Clouds swirl around fast, 250 miles an hour, faster than ANY hurricane.
 Very HIGH temperatures day and night.

7. Inner Planets
 Earth Astroversity.blogspot.com
 The third plane from the sun.
 Covered with 3 times more water than land.
 Has a magnetic field all around it.
 Takes 24 hours to make one rotation.
 Life is possible almost anywhere.
 Natural satellite is the moon.
 Mars
 Farthest inner planet from the sun.
 It is a bit more colder on Earth, but it has volcanoes, lava fields, and canyons.
 Atmosphere is much thinner than Earth’s, and fully of carbon monoxide.
 Has seasons.
 Has 2 satellites.

8. How many moons?
www.gearthblog.com
 Earth
 Has 1 moon.
 Jupiter
 Has 63 moons.
 Saturn
 Has 60 moons.
 Uranus
 Has 27 moons.
 Neptune
 Has 13 moons.

9. www.gearthblog.com
Our Moon
 How big is the moon?
 2,000 miles across.
 How far is the
moon from the Earth?
 250,000 miles.
 How old is the moon? www.sos.noaa.gov
 4.5 billion years old.
 How did the moon form?
 The Earth and moon formed at the same time. Earth was formed by big
chunks and icy material, and then a big piece knocked into the Earth and
knocked a big piece loose and that became the Earth.

10. References
 "THE BIG BANG." University of Michigan. Web. 05 Feb. 2010.
<http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm>.
 "The Moon | Scholastic.com." Teaching Resources, Children's Book
Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com. Web. 05 Feb.
2010. <http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4850>.
 "Table of Moons in our Solar System." Windows to the Universe. Web. 05
Feb. 2010.
<http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/moons_table.h
tml>.
 "The Inner Planets | Scholastic.com." Teaching Resources, Children's Book
Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com. Web. 05 Feb.
2010. <http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4846>.
 "The Outer Planets | Scholastic.com." Teaching Resources, Children's Book
Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com. Web. 05 Feb.
2010. <http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4854>.