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The solar system
8 planets
orbit
the sun
big ball of gas
explodes all the time
heat and light
gravitational pull
inner planets (rocky planets)
Mercury
smallest planet
closest planet to the Sun
Rocky planet
Venus
similar to Earth
hot atmosphere
Earth
titled axis
seasons
summer
spring
winter
autumn
different parts of Earth tilt towards the Sun
an axis
1 day
spin around
1 moon
about 1 month
around the Earth in a circle
an orbit
Mars
cold atmosphere
desert-like
rich in iron oxides
red hue
outer planets (gas giants)
Jupiter
largest planet in the solar system
constant storms
Saturn
vast, icy ring system
Uranus
a blue-green coloured gas giant
13 faint rings
odd angled orbit
Neptune
furthest known planet from the Sun
extremely elliptic orbit
way to remember the planets in order from the sun
use the mnemonic
'My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Noodles'
moons
bright
sunlight bounces off it
we can see at night
The sun
100 times the size of Earth
produces its own light
layers of gas of different density
the outer most three are...
the photosphere
the chromosphere
the corona
a star at the centre of the solar system
other objects in the solar system
asteroids
comets
meteoroids
Formed 4.6 billion years ago
rotating nebula of gas, ice and dust
1 dwarf planet
has
has
is
was
by
has
in
around
giving it a
surrounded by
has
has
has
is
is
has a
causes
throughout the year
due to
from
have
spins on
takes
to
is a
which
and creates
can be
because
meaning
has
takes
to go
it is called