SSU - Solar System Unit

Venus

Planet closest to sun. Hard Rocky surface. No atmosphere. No weather

Center of our galaxy. Planets orbit the sun. Very strong gravitational pull, 98% of matter in the galaxy

4th planet from the sun. Hard rocky surface. Red dirt. Huge, powerful dust storms.

Moon

Mars

2nd planet from the sun. Hard rocky surface. Covered with poisonous gas. Brightest planet, Hottest planet

Earth

Round like the planets, Orbit a planet not the sun, some planets have no moons, Some planets have lots of moons

3rd planet from the sun. 75% covered with water. Oxygen in atmosphere

Mercury

SUN

8th planet from the sun, Huge ball of gas. Almost competely frozen. Spins very slowly

Dwarf planet. Used to be 9th planet from sun.

5th planet from the sun. Largest planet. Huge ball of gas. Solid core. Large red spot is a big storm

Uranus

Asteroid

Saturn

Comet

Jupiter

6th planet. Lightest planet. Rings made of rocks and ice. Huge ball of gas, solid core.

Large chunk of rock or metal, orbits around the sun. Lumpy, not round. Tumble as they orbit.

Large group of ice, dust, and rocks, orbit the sun, have tail made of gas

Pluto

Meteor

7th planet from the sun. Huge ball of gas. Mainly frozen. Tilted. Spins on its side.

Smaller chunks of rock that have broken off a asteroid or comet. Can get pulled into a plane'ts orbit. burn up when enter Earths Atmosphere. Falling star

Neptune