Outer Planets

Outer Planets

What are their characteristics?

Outer Planets

Made Of: Gases

Size: Larger

Location: Farthest from the Sun

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The outer planets are the largest in our solar system.

• True

• False

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The outer planets are made mostly of

• rock

• gas

• flames

Jupiter

Order from Sun: 5th

Number of Moons: 79 (53 named, 26 awaiting names)

Temperature: Coldest -260F, Warmest -150F

Atmosphere: Gases - hydrogen, helium, methane & ammonia, Stormiest (Great Red Spot)

Jupiter: Interesting Facts

-Largest Planet

-Thin, cold atmosphere becomes thicker and hotter and turns into a thick, dark fog which becomes so pressurized it turns into a liquid

-Named after the Roman sky-god

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a

• crater

• storm

• volcano

• mountain

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• has 79 moons

• largest planet in our solar system

• atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen

• named after Roman sky god

Saturn

Order from Sun: 6th

Number of Moons: 82 (most in solar system)

Temperature: Coldest -300F, Warmest -188F

Atmosphere: Gases - hydrogen and helium

Saturn: Interesting Facts

-Rings are made of ice crystals (some as big as houses) - must use a telescope on Earth to see them

-Named after the Roman god of agriculture

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Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Saturn

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• has large rings made of ice

• named after Roman god of agriculture

• has 102 moons

• atmosphere is mostly made of oxygen

Uranus

Order from Sun: 7th

Number of Moons: 27

Temperature: Coldest -370F, Warmest -243F

Atmosphere: hydrogen & methane (absorbs red light and scatters blue light)

Uranus: Interesting Facts

-Coldest planet in our solar system

-Rotates like a barrell (on its side) instead of a top

-Named after Greek god of the sky

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Uranus looks blue because methane gas in its atmosphere absorbs red light and scatters blue light.

• True

• False

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• coldest planet in our solar system

• named after Greek god of sky

• spins on its side like a barrel

• has 27 moons

Neptune

Order from Sun: 8th

Number of Moons: 14

Temperature: Coldest -328F, Warmest -218F

Atmosphere: Gases - helium & methane, windiest

Neptune: Interesting Facts

-Most violent weather

-Triton - moon that orbits planet backward

-Named after Roman god of the sea

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Neptune is the windiest planet in our solar system.

• True

• False

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• has the most moons in our solar system

• Triton, one of its moons, orbits backward around Neptune

• has very mild weather

• named after Roman god of the heavens