Wow! Earth is small!

Ms. Lowerys
Kindergarten class

Our Solar System is called the

Milkyway.

Not to be confused with a

In our solar system are 9

planets

Mercury
Mercury rotates very
slowly.
If you weigh 70 pounds
on Earth, you way 27
pounds
Mercury has no moons.

Mercury is a dead planet, with no volcanic

activity and no atmosphere.
Because theres no atmosphere on Mercury,
theres not enough air for us to breath on
Mercury, if any.

Venus
If you weigh 70 pounds on
Earth, youll weigh 63
pounds.
Unlike Mercury, Venus does
have an atmosphere,
However Venuss
atmosphere is much thicker
than Earths atmosphere.

Earth
This is where
we live if you
way 70 pounds
here you way
70 pounds on
Earth.

Mars
If you weigh 70 pounds on Earth
youll way 27 pounds on Mars.
Mars has 2 moons.
Their names are
Deimos and Phobos.
Scientists have discovered
evidence that once had rivers,
streams, lakes, and even an ocean.

Jupiter
On Jupiter, youd way a lot more than
you would here on Earth, if you way
70 pounds on Earth, youll way I85
pounds on Jupiter!
Theres a great big ol huge red spot
on Jupiter,
This spot is a 300 year old storm that
covers an area larger than our entire
planet!
And this great big ol planet is
covered in water, water and more
water! There is no land!
And to top it all off this water world has 63
moons!

Saturn
Now on Saturn youd
still way more than you
do on Earth but not a
whole lot more
If you way 70 pounds
here, youll way 82
pounds on Saturn.
Saturn has 34 moons
and hundreds of rings
around it.

Uranus
Uranus is tilted on
its side!
And if you weigh
70 pounds on Earth
youll weigh 82
pounds
interesting that the
same thing youll
weigh on Saturn
too
Thats because
Saturn and Uranus
are about the same
size.

Neptune
On Neptune youd
weigh 84 pounds, if
you weighed 70
pounds on Earth.
Like Jupiter Neptune
has a really huge,
really old storm,
its commonly referred
to as The Great Dark
Spot
And Neptune has 13
moons.

Pluto
Pluto is the smallest
planet,
However, because its so
small, scientists have
decided its not a real
planet, and now are telling
people theres only 8
planets.
Its so small that if you
weigh 70 pounds on Earth,
youll only way 4 pounds
on Pluto.

Pluto has 3 moons

The largest is Charon.

Keep in mind, our solar system is not

the only one. There are a LOT more out
there.