The Solar System

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

A system of planets that orbit a star.

Age of out solar system - 4.6 years old

The Sun - a star made up of gases

Rotates on its axis once per day

It completes its orbit around the Sun in 365 days

Planets which are further away from the Sun - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

They consist of hydrogen, helium and other gases

Planets which are closer to the Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

They consist of rock and metal

As the Sun grows old, its core will heat up.

Sun - a red giant

The Sun will "eat" all the inner planets

As the Sun burns away its gases, it will shrink and burn out - in 5 billion years' time