All the Planets

Mercury

Rocky Ball Covered in Craters

Slightly Larger than Moon

Smallest Planet

No Atomsphere

Huge Differences Between Day and Night

Surface Temperatures

Extreme Heating and Freezing

Results Temperature Difference

Causing the Rock to Expand and Contract

Forming Immense Cracks in Mercury's Surface

Venus

Earth's Sister

Size and Composition Similar to Earth

Features

Not visible from Earth

shrouded in thick clouds

Sulfur mixes in with moisture

Venus's atomsphere

Rains down sulphuric acid

Also called acid rain

Contains

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen

Data collected on Venus

Large flat areas

Lava flows

Volcanoes

cracks or rifts

Earth

Home

only life that scientists have discovered so far

Suitable atmosphere and temperature

For Life to survive

Atmosphere mostly contains

Nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapour

Only place known for

Three phases

Liquid, solid, and gas

Mars

Also known as

Red Planet

Iron in its surface

Rocks gives it a rusty colour

Has a Volcana

Three times higher than Mount Everest

Canyon

8km deep

over 3300km expansion

Wind is extremely powerful

900km/h

Dust storms

Can cover whole planet

last for weeks

Jupitar

2.5 times larger

all planets combined

Largest Planet

Great red spot

visible more then 300 years

from Earth

Large as three Earths

storm in the clouds

Hydrogen and helium

Form outer layers and atomsphere

Rings surronding it

ice particles

Very thin

Saturn

Rings surrond it

ice particles

from tiny specks to the size of a house

250,000 km wide

Composed

Hydrogen and some helium

Uranus

One of Gas Giants

Compositions

Ring System

Dust and ice

Methane Gas

Absorbs red light

Reflects blue - green light

Colour is distinctive because of this

Neptune

Composition and atonmshpere

Darker blue colour

Outermost panet

Third most massive

Thin ring system

Ice particles