How Does Earth Compare With Other Planets.PPT

How Does Earth Compare With Other Planets? How Does Earth Compare To Other Planets? Mrs. Greer How Does Earth Compare With Other Planets? Mrs. Greer Objectives… Learn how the Earth is similar to and different from other planets Learn what the orbits of the planets are like Learn what scientists have learned about Earth’s neighboring planets What We Know About The Earth… All About The Earth… Earth is the only known planet that has air for you to breathe Earth has water All About The Earth… Earth has all of the resources you and other living things need Earth is the only planet in our solar system that can support the kind of life found on Earth Similarities With Other Planets… Similarities… All of the nine planets are satellites of the sun The planets, their moons, and the sun make up most of our solar system None of the planets make light, they all reflect light from the sun Differences With Other Planets… Mercury… Mercury… Venus… Venus… Earth… Earth… Mars… Mars… Jupiter… Jupiter… Saturn… Saturn… Uranus… Uranus… Neptune… Neptune… Pluto… Pluto… Orbits Of The Planets… Orbits… Orbits keep the planets moving around the sun The orbits of planets are really ellipses Ellipses are circles that have been flattened a little Orbits… The farther planets are from the sun, the longer their orbits are The farther a planet is from the sun, the longer it takes for it to make one revolution around the sun and they have longer years Orbits… Planets that are closest to the sun are like Earth Mercury, Venus, and Mars are made up mostly of solid rock Orbits… Planets that are farther away from the sun are unlike Earth Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are made up of mostly gas and may be solid in the center Pluto is a little different than any other planet, because it is made up of rock and ice Orbits… You may think that Pluto is farthest from the sun You are mostly right Sometimes Neptune is the farthest away Orbits… This is because Pluto’s orbit sometimes crosses Neptune’s orbit B