Solar System Grade 2

Outer planets

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Inner planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Orbit

The journey of a planet round the Sun.

rotation

The spin of a planet.

Uranus

This has thin, hard to see rings. It is made of gas and ice. It spins on its sides.

Sun

This is at the center of the Solar System.

Jupiter

This is the biggest planet in the Solar System.

Earth

This is the only planet we know has life.

Neptune

This planet has 13 moons.

Jupiter

This planet has a red spot which is a storm. It rotates quickly but orbits slowly.

Neptune

This planet has a spot, but it is not a storm.

Saturn

This planet has colored rings made of rock and ice.

Mars

This planet has north and south poles with ice and has 2 moons.

Mercury

This planet is closest to the Sun. Nothing lives here.

Venus

This planet is hot, hot, hot! Hotter than Mercury.

Mars

This planet is known as the red planet.

Venus

This planet is nearly the same size as Earth, like Earth's sister.

Earth

This planet takes 365 days to orbit the Sun.