The name of my presentation is "our home". You know that we live on a beautiful planet called Earth.

The population of our planet is almost 8 billion people. There are 4 oceans and 7 continents on our
planet. The Earth is the third planet from the sun. It’s located between Venus and Mars in the solar
system. Our solar system is big and interesting. And that's what I want to talk about today.

The solar system has one star, eight planets, five officially recognized dwarf planets (Dwarf planets
are small-mass planets orbiting the sun, smaller than any of the eight classical planets. Example of a
dwarf planet Pluto), also our solar system has more than 1.3 million asteroids, and about 3,900
comets. The solar system takes about 230 million years to complete one orbit around the centre of
the galaxy.
I'll tell you about the planets in order from the sun.

Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. It’s just a little bigger
than Earth’s Moon. Mercury itself doesn’t have any moons. It’s the closest planet to the Sun, but it’s
actually not the hottest. Venus is hotter. Mercury is one of the rocky planets, that is covered with
craters. It takes 59 Earth days to make one day on Mercury. One day means one full rotation. Rotation
is circular movement. But, because Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it doesn’t take very long
to go all the way around the sun. A year on Mercury is 88 Earth days. Because Mercury has a slow spin
and short year, it takes a long time for the Sun to rise and set there. Mercury only has one sunrise
every 180 Earth days. Mercury’s surface can be hot as 430 degrees C during the daytime and cold as -
180 degrees C during the nighttime. But Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system. The
hottest planet is Venus.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Even though Venus isn't the closest planet to the Sun, it’s
still the hottest. Venus looks like a very active planet. It has mountains and volcanoes. Venus is similar
in size to Earth, and is sometimes called Earth's twin. Earth is just a little bit bigger. Venus is unusual
because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets. And its rotation is very slow.
It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it's so close to the Sun, a year goes by
fast. It takes 225 Earth days for Venus to go all the way around the Sun. That means that a day on
Venus is a little longer than a year on Venus. Venus’ atmosphere is one of extremes. The atmosphere
is mostly carbon dioxide – the same gas that causes the greenhouse effect on Venus and Earth. The
greenhouse effect is an effect that makes the planet hotter. From Earth, Venus is the brightest object
in the night sky after our own Moon.

Mars is a cold desert world. It’s half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet. It's red
because of iron minerals in the ground. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, volcanoes, canyons, and
weather. It’s small and rocky. It has a very thin atmosphere made mostly of carbon dioxide. People
would not be able to breathe the air on Mars. Mars has an active atmosphere, but the surface of the
planet is not active. Its volcanoes are dead. One day on Mars lasts 24.6 hours. It’s just a little longer
than a day on Earth. One year on Mars is 687 Earth days. It’s almost twice as long as one year on Earth.
Scientists want to know if Mars may have had living things in the past. They also want to know if Mars
could support life now or in the future. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. That means Earth and
Jupiter are Mars’ neighbouring planets.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It's similar to a star, but it never got massive enough
to start burning like a star. It has big storms like the Great Red Spot, which has been going for
hundreds of years. The Great Red Spot is a centuries-old storm bigger than Earth. [This small part of
Jupiter is bigger than our planet.] Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn't have a solid surface. Solid means
strong, like a rock. Jupiter doesn't have this. Jupiter has rings, but they’re very hard to see. Jupiter has
the shortest day in the solar system. One day on Jupiter takes only about 10 Earth hours, its year is 12
Earth years.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Saturn isn't
the only planet to have rings, but it definitely has the most beautiful ones. Saturn has a set of seven
main rings with spaces between them. Saturn's rings are rocks, dust, pieces of comets and asteroids.
One day on Saturn goes by in just 10.7 hours. One year on Saturn is the same as 29 Earth years. Like
gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. The temperatures,
and materials that characterize this planet are too extreme for organisms to adapt to.

Uranus is a very cold and windy planet. It’s surrounded by rings. It’s surrounded by a set of 13 rings.
Uranus is an ice giant. Its mostly made of icy materials above a solid core. Uranus is made of water,
methane above a small rocky center. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium like Jupiter and
Saturn, but it also has methane. The methane makes Uranus blue. Like Venus, Uranus rotates in the
opposite direction. One day on Uranus lasts 17 hours. It takes Uranus 84 Earth years to make a trip
around the Sun. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

Neptune is dark, cold, and very windy. It's the last of the planets in our solar system. It's more than 30
times as far from the sun as Earth is. Neptune is very similar to Uranus. It's made of a thick fog of
water, ammonia, and methane. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The
methane gives Neptune the same blue color as Uranus. Neptune has six rings, but they're very hard to
see. One day on Neptune goes by in 16 hours. Neptune has such a long journey around the Sun it
takes 165 Earth years to go around once. Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun.
Neptune experiences seasons just like we do on Earth; however, since its year is so long, each of the
four seasons lasts for over 40 years.