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Solar System Travel Brochure

You are a space-tourism writer. Use the fact cards and your science knowledge to create a brochure that is exciting but accurate. Space destinations are not safe for ordinary visitors: explain what special equipment or protection would be needed. You may choose any destination in the fact cards.

Destination Fact Cards

MARS — A rocky planet with a thin carbon-dioxide atmosphere. It has volcanoes, canyons, polar ice, and dusty storms. A day is about 24.6 Earth hours; a year is about 687 Earth days. Average temperature: about −81°F (−63°C). Distance from the Sun: about 142 million miles (228 million km). | JUPITER — The largest planet, made mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has no solid surface to land on, many moons, and huge storms, including the Great Red Spot. A day is about 10 Earth hours; a year is about 12 Earth years. Average cloud-top temperature: about −166°F (−110°C). Distance from the Sun: about 484 million miles (778 million km). | SATURN — A gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium, famous for its rings of ice and rock. It has many moons and no solid surface to land on. A day is about 10.7 Earth hours; a year is about 29 Earth years. Average cloud-top temperature: about −220°F (−140°C). Distance from the Sun: about 887 million miles (1.4 billion km). | EUROPA — An icy moon of Jupiter with a likely salty ocean beneath its frozen crust. It is a promising place to study the possibility of life, but no life has been found there. Its surface is extremely cold, around −260°F (−160°C). It orbits Jupiter, not the Sun directly.

1.Choose one destination for your brochure: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, or Europa. Write its name and one reason a curious traveler might want to learn about it.

2.Which destination has the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons?

Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Europa

3.A brochure says, “You can land a spacecraft on Jupiter’s solid ground.” Is this claim accurate? Use a fact from the cards to explain.

4.Saturn takes about Earth years to orbit the Sun once. Use the fact cards.

5.Which is farther from the Sun: Mars or Jupiter? How can you tell from the fact cards?

6.Match each destination with its feature.

Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Europa

The Great Red Spot
Olympus Mons
A likely salty ocean beneath an icy crust
Famous rings of ice and rock

7.Choose one destination from the fact cards. Name one challenge or hazard there and describe one kind of protection or equipment a visitor would need.

8.Write a short, memorable slogan for your chosen destination. Make it appealing without claiming something untrue.

9.Write a persuasive paragraph inviting travelers to learn about your destination. Include at least two accurate features from the fact cards and one safety note.

Draw one real feature of your chosen destination, such as Mars’s canyon, Saturn’s rings, or Europa’s icy surface. Add a label and a short caption explaining why the feature is interesting.