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Solar System - Coggle Diagram
Solar System
The Inner Solar System
mostly rocky and have craters
some have ridges and volcanoes
Mercury
closest to the Sun
rotate slowly
the side facing the Sun
really hot
the side facing away
really cold
Venus
second planet
clouds
trap a lot of heat
hottest of all planets
Earth
blue planet
so much water
perfect distance
plants and animals to live
a moon
Mars
red planet
reddish rocks
might have been an ocean
The Outer Solar System
colder
farther from the Sun
gas giants
mostly made of gases
large
Jupiter
largest planet
Great Red Spot
gigantic , powerful storm
over 300 years
Saturn
second largest
rings
made of ice, rock and dust
Uranus
gassy planet
thin rings
spin on its side
Neptune
thin rings
big storm
Great Dark Spot
The Sun
a star
a medium star
a body of hot gases
make its own light and heat
the closest star to the Earth
center
27 million degrees Fahrenheit
big
over 100 Earths fit across
gives heat and light
living things
survive
Pluto
past
the ninth planet
present
dwarf planet
much smaller
different orbit
Objects in the Solar System
Sun
center of our solar system
other bodies
asteroids
comets
planets