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The Solar System

The Solar System

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Presentation

Science

4th Grade

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Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2, 5-ESS1-2

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Angela Osborne

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11 Slides • 7 Questions

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The Solar System

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The Solar System

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The solar system includes:

  • The Sun

  • The eight planets and their moons

  • and many other objects

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Gravity

The sun's gravity keeps planets in their orbits.

The sun's gravity pulls planets toward it.

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Stars

  • Stars not only shine at night, they shine during the daytime too.

  • The sun is so bright we can't see them during the day.

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Planets

A planet is a very large, round object that moves around a star.

Planets are cooler and smaller than stars.

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More about planets...

  • Mercury is closest to the sun

  • Venus is the second planet from the sun.

  • Earth is the third planet from the sun.

  • Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

  • The four planets closest to the sun are known as the inner planets.

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Jupiter

It is so large that all the other planets could fit inside it.

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Saturn

It is the second biggest planet.

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Uranus

It is very cold and rotates on its side like a ball rolling through space.

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Neptune

It is the farthest planet from the sun. It takes about 165 Earth years to orbit the sun.

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Multiple Choice

What is a planet?

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a small rocky object

2

a frozen object

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a large, round object that moves around a star

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a comet

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Multiple Choice

What keeps the planets in their orbits?

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The Sun's gravity

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the solar system

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the eight planets

4

a stretched out circle

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Multiple Choice

Stars only shine at night.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

How many planets are in our solar system?

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4

2

8

3

9

4

0

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is closest to the sun?

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Earth

2

Jupiter

3

Mars

4

Mercury

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is the third one from the sun?

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Jupiter

2

Earth

3

Saturn

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Mars

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is the largest?

1

Earth

2

Jupiter

3

Saturn

4

Uranus

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