Planet presentations
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This document contains information about the planets in our solar system provided by Mrs. Hogan's first grade class. Key details include: Neptune is deep blue but actually purple and takes 165 years to orbit the sun; Mars has 2 moons and is cold; Venus is very hot at 870 degrees Fahrenheit and has no moons; Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and has no atmosphere; Saturn has the most prominent rings and over 30 moons; Uranus appears to roll on its side and has 27 moons; Jupiter has giant storms and looks like a bright star from Earth.
Planet presentations
- 1. Created by the students in Mrs. Hogan’s First Grade Class 2012-2013
- 2. Neptune is known for its deep blue color, but it is actually purple.
- 3. Neptune was named after the Roman God of the Sea. Neptune spins around once every 16 hours and 7 minutes. (1 day) It take Neptune 165 years to orbit the sun once. Neptune has 13 moons and 2 dark spots. It is made out of gas and there is no water on the planet. Neptune is very cold. It is 10 times colder than a freezer.
- 5. Mars has 2 moons. No person has ever gone to Mars. Mars is cold all the time. A long time ago people thought there was an ocean on Mars. Scientists are looking for life on Mars. Mars is red. Some people think Mars is far away, but it is not far away. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
- 7. Venus used to be called “morning star.” Venus’ mountain is the same height as Earths biggest mountain. Venus has some landforms. It is 870 degrees F. Venus is Earth’s sister. The sun makesVenus hot. Venus has no moons. Scientists have trouble getting a close look at Venus because of clouds.
- 8. Venus’ spinning makes the sun set or rise. One day inVenus lasts as long as 243 days on Earth.
- 10. Mercury is a small gray planet. It is the planet closest to the sun. Mercury looks like Earth’s moon. Mercury has no moon. You cannot breathe on Mercury. Thousands of years ago the Greeks thought that Mercury was a travelling star. It takes 365 days or one year to move around the sun.
- 11. No one has ever seen the other side of Mercury. There is different kind of gravity on mercury than on the moon. Mercury is one of the smallest planets in the solar system. Craters on Mercury were made millions of years ago. You would weigh less on Mercury than on Earth.
- 13. Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun. Other planets have rings, but Saturn has the most rings. The rings orbit around the planet. Saturn’s moons are made of ice. No one can skate on Saturn’s rings. Saturn has more than 30 moons. Sometime the wind blows 1,100 miles per hour on Saturn. Saturn spins like a top. The days are very short. One days on Saturn only lasts about 10 hours.
- 15. It takes 84 Earth years for Uranus to spin around the sun. Uranus has more than 27 moons. Miranda is one of Uranus’ moon. The largest moon isTitania. Uranus looks like it is rolling on its side. Uranus has craters, long marks, broken rocks, and giant cliffs. The ocean on Uranus is gas that turned into liquid.
- 17. Jupiter is made of liquid and gases. On Jupiter wind blows as fast as 640 miles per hour. From Earth, Jupiter looks like a star. If you look up at the sky at night and see a bright ball it is the planet of Jupiter. Jupiter has many storms.
- 19. Earth is about 93 million miles from the sun. Earth is where we live. The blue on our planet is water. To someone in space the Earth looks blue. This is because water covers most of Earth. Someone in space may also see green and brown land.