Mercury

It is the smallest planet in our solar

system.

Mercury is the closest planet to the

sun.

Mercury is the second densest planet.

Mercury’s temperature varies greatly.

Mercury's temperatures can go
between -173 Celsius at night to 427
Celsius during the day.

Mercury has a dark grey, rocky surface

which is covered with a thick layer of
dust.
 Venus

Venus is the second planet from the

Sun.

Humans could never live on Venus. Its

atmosphere is thick with poisonous
gas, and temperatures on the ground
are hotter than an oven.

Venus rotates in the opposite direction

to most other planets

Venus is the hottest planet in our solar

system.

Venus does not have any moons or

rings.
 Earth

The Earth is the densest planet in the

Solar System.

The Earth's rotation is gradually

slowing. Earth has 1 Moon.

Earth is the third planet from the sun

and the only world known to support
an atmosphere with free oxygen,
oceans of liquid water on the surface.

70% of the Earth's Surface is Covered in

Water.

Earth is Mostly Iron, Oxygen and

Silicon.
 Mars
Mars atmosphere is very thin. It’s
composed primarily of carbon dioxide.
Mars has the largest dust storms in the
solar system.
The planet is red because of a mineral
called iron oxide that’s very common
on its surface.
Mars has seasons just like on Earth but
the seasons are more extreme too
because Mars’s orbit is in an elliptical
shape. That means when it gets cold it
gets really cold.

Mars has two moons called Phobos and

Deimos
 Jupiter

Jupiter is a largest planet made up of

90% hydrogen and 10% helium.

Scientist estimate that Jupiter has 79

moons.

Jupiter has 4 main moons, known as

Galilean Moons, as they
were discovered by the famous
Astronomer Galileo.

Jupiter is the stormiest planet in the

Solar System.

Jupiter has no solid surface like land.

 Saturn

Saturn is a ringed planet. It is the

second largest planet in our Solar
System.

Saturn is made up of mostly hydrogen

and is the least dense of all of the
planets in the solar system.

Saturn is made mostly of gases. It has a

lot of helium. This is the same kind of
gas that you put in balloons.

It spins so fast

Its beautiful rings are not solid. They

are made up of bits of ice, dust and
rock.
 Uranus
The temperature is almost always the
same, whether its winter or summer
because the planet is so far from the
sun.

Uranus has 11 rings, made of dust, ice

and bits of rock.

Uranus is often referred to as an “ice

giant” planet.

Uranus is the coldest planet in the

Solar System

Uranus is the seventh planet from the

Sun