PLANETS

YEAR 4
 MERCURY
SMALLEST AND INNERMOST PLANET
TAKES 88 DAYS TO ORBIT AROUND THE SUN SHORTEST OF ALL
SURFACE IS SAME AS THE MOON - HAS INACTIVE CRATERS
 VENUS
SECOND PLANET FROM THE SUN
HAS THE LONGEST ROTATION PERIOD SPINS SLOWLY
ROTATES OPPOSITE DIRECTION (CLOCKWISE)
HAS NO NATURAL SATELLITES (MOON)
THICK ATMOSPHERE TRAPS HEAT MAKING IT THE HOTTEST PLANET
 EARTH
KNOWN AS WORLD OR GLOBE
THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN
ONLY PLANET WITH LIVING THINGS
HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING FREE OXYGEN,
OCEANS OF LIQUID WATER ON ITS SURFACE, AND
SUITABLE TEMPERATURE
 FOURTH PLANET
MARS
SECOND SMALLEST PLANET
RED IN COLOUR COLD DESERT WORLD
HAS INACTIVE CRATERS, VOLCANOES, CANYONS.
THE AREA OF LAND IS EQUAL AS EARTH
 FIFTH PLANET FROM THE SUN
JUPITER
LARGEST PLANET IN SOLAR SYSTEM
ROTATES FAST GIANT STORMS EXISTED
HAS AT LEAST 67 MOONS-STRIPES AND SWIRLS ARE COLD
ATMOSPHERE MOSTLY HYDROGEN AND HELIUM
 SATURN
SIXTH PLANET AND SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN SOLAR SYSTEM
HAS BEAUTIFUL RINGLETS
MADE OF CHUNKS OF ICE AND ROCK
HAS HYDROGEN AND HELIUM
 URANUS
7 PLANET AND THIRD LARGEST
TH

VERY COLD AND WINDY

APPEAR TO SPIN ON ITS SIDE BECAUSE ITS TILTED 90 DEGREES ORBITING SUN LIKE A ROLLING BALL
HAS 27 SMALL MOONS
PLANETS COLOUR GREENISH BLUE
 NEPTUNE
COLD AND WHIPPED BY SUPERSONIC WIND
LAST OF THE HYDROGEN AND HELIUM GAS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
TAKES 165 EARTH YEARS TO ORBIT AROUND SUN
THE COLOUR OF PLANET IS BRIGHT BLUE