Wyrock,+Theron

=__The Planets__= By:Theron Wyrock Period 1, English




 * Table of contents:**

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1

Mercury and Venus. . . . . . . .Page 2

Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Mars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4

Saturn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 5

Uranus and Neptune. . . . . . . .Page 6

Pluto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 7

Jupiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 8

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 9

Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 10

Page 1 There are nine planets in the universe. There is also the sun and the moon. The nine planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. I chose this subject because there was a lot of information. And i think that the planets are very interesting because of their color, the way they move or rotate and their look and size. I like Saturn the most because of the color, size and the ring around it. People believe that there is life on mars because of the water they found in the past.

Page 2 Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system. The tempature is unknown but the only thing researchers know is that it is very hot.it is also the closest planet to the sun. It is also very close to the same size as the moon. It got its name from a swift greek messenger of the greek mythology.Mercury travels around the sun fastest of all thye planets.Thats how it got its name. Mercury Venus is called the evening star because to us on earth it is so bright.They also call it Earth's twin because it is almost the same size as Earth and it looks identical. It is the closest to earth but it does not have water and life on Venus. Venus gets so hot during the day it can melt a lead cannonball. It gets up to 484 degrees celcius on the side facing the sun. Venus gets so hot because it has clouds that circle the planet with heat inside of the clouds. Venus orbits the sun slowly. It also has alot of thunderstorms. Venus Page 3 Earth is the only planet known to have life. Most of earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by land, mountains, and valleys. Earth is the third closest planet to the sun. It is covered by many oxygens mostly nitrogen and oxygen. The atmosphere is what gives us air to breathe. thats why we live on planet Earth. The Earth orbits around the sun. It tskes one year to completely rotate the sun. It also rotates and spins on its axis. Each day it spins around one whole time.The tilt in the axis is responsible of are seasons.Otherwise it would be the same temperature all year long. Earth Page 4 Mars is called the red planet bacuse it is red.Scientists believe that there is life on mars bcause of the bacteria they found on a martian rock.They believe that there was life along time ago. On mars it can get very cold. On its hot days it is still cold. They have poles just like earth.North and South. During the martian winter, ice caps can be seen at the poles. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos which have unusual shapes. Scientists believe that these potato shaped moons were astroids captured by Mars' gravitational pull. Mars Page 5