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.