Planet Information :
Mercury : closest to the sun, very small and rocky; there are no moons
Venus : has yellow clouds, extremely hot, 400 degrees celsius, there are no moons
Earth : your planet! has a great amount of life
Mars : cold, has 2 moons, known as the 'red' planet
Jupiter : GIANT! it could fit 1,000 Earths and it has 16 moons
Saturn : also giant, famous for its rings, and it has 18 moons
Uranus : it has 15 moons
Neptune :it has 8 moons, 7 small ones and one big one
Pluto : very small, it's too far away, no one has seen it
VOCABULARY FROM UNIT 2 :
1. spaceship : a machine or vehicle used for traveling through space
2. appear : to become visible, to seem or look to be
3. revolve : to go around a central point
4. orbit : the path of an object in space as it revolves around another body
5. distance : the amount of space between two things
6. planet : 9 bodies revolving around the sun
7. flash : a sudden, burst of bright light
