During this information search, you will find information about the solar system.

Answer each question and turn it in at the end of the period.

You are going to the website http://www.sciencemonster.com/planets.html for the answers.

1. List the nine planets in order.

2. What path do the planets take around the sun?

3. Draw an ellipse.  Hint:  Look at the example.

4. What belt is located between Mars and Jupiter?

For the next questions you will need to look at the sun and at each planet and answer the questions.  Remember not to look at the sun directly.  It could blind you.

The Sun

5. What is the diameter in miles?

6. How much bigger is it than the earth?

7. What is the temperature there?

8. How many moons?

9. Does it have rings?

10. What is it made of?

Mercury

11. What is the diameter in miles?

12. What is the length of a year there?

13. What is the temperature there?

14. How many moons?

15. Does it have rings?

16. What is it made of?

Venus

17. What is the diameter in miles?

18. What is the length of a year there?

19. What is the temperature there?

20. How many moons?

21. Does it have rings?

22. What is it made of?

Earth

23. What is the diameter in miles?

24. What is the length of a year there?

25. What is the temperature there?

26. How many moons?

27. Does it have rings?

28. What is it made of?

Mars

29. What is the diameter in miles?

30. What is the length of a year there?

31. What is the temperature there?

32. How many moons?

33. Does it have rings?

34. What is it made of?

Jupiter

35. What is the diameter in miles?

36. What is the length of a year there?

37. What is the temperature there?

38. How many moons?

39. Does it have rings?

40. What is it made of?

Saturn

41. What is the diameter in miles?

42. What is the length of a year there?

43. What is the temperature there?

44. How many moons?

45. Does it have rings?

46. What is it made of?

Uranus

47. What is the diameter in miles?

48. What is the length of a year there?

49. What is the temperature there?

50. How many moons?

51. Does it have rings?

52. What is it made of?

Neptune

53. What is the diameter in miles?

54. What is the length of a year there?

55. What is the temperature there?

56. How many moons?

57. Does it have rings?

58. What is it made of?

Pluto

59. What is the diameter in miles?

60. What is the length of a year there?

61. What is the temperature there?

62. How many moons?

63. Does it have rings?

64. What is it made of?

When you are done you have to explore the following websites:

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/javadir/orbits/ssv.html

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/neptune1.htm