Happy Birthday Great Grandma!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREAT GRANDMA H. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY. WE LOVE YOU!

LOVE, GEORGIA, JOSIE, EMELINE, AND MARGIE SUE

brad and jenny too!!

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My America Westward to Home

Title: Westward to Home , Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary (Book one)

Author: Patricia Hermes

Characters: Pa and Ma, Joshua, his little sister Becky, Uncle Arther, Aunt Lizzie, Rachel (Lizzies baby), Charlie (Joshua's cousin), Grampa.

Setting: They start from Missouri and travel down the Oregon Trail to Oregon where they live in tents.

Summary: This book is about Joshua McCullough traveling on the Oregon trail to Oregon. It is very hard for him and when little Rachel gets hurt and dies under the wagon he takes more and more carde of Becky. Many people die of cholera and accidents. They forded many waters which were scary moments. For example Becky fell in one of the rivers and Joshua jumped in after her. They are lucky they both didn't drown. Some people did drown though. It was hard for the oxen to travel that far and even they died too. The people had to leave some of their belongings along the trail to make it easier for them. Eventually they reached Oregon to start a new home.

Neptune

Who or what was Neptune named after?

Neptune was named after the mythical Roman God of the seas.

How far is Neptune from the sun?

Neptune is 2,795,084,800 miles from the sun.

What is Neptune's diameter?

Neptune is 30,775 miles in diameter.

What is the temperature on Neptune?

The average temperature on Neptune is -353 degrees F.

How many moons does Neptune have?

Neptune has 13 known moons 8 are named:Naiad,Thalassa,Despina,Galatea,Larissa,Proteus,Triton,andNereid.

How long is a year on Neptune?

A year is 60,190 Earth days.

How long is a day?

A day is 16 hours and 7 minutes.

What are some important facts about Neptune?

Neptune has a Great dark spot discoverd in 1989.In 1994 the Hubble space Telescope discoverd it dissapered.Neptune has three rings.

What is the composition of Neptune?

Neptune is another gas planet made mostly of hydrogen and helium.

What is the air like on Neptune?

The outer layer is about 80% hydrogen and 19 percent helium with a little of methane, ammonia and water ice. The next layer is a super heated liquid of water, ammonia, and methane, mostly. The core is mostly made of iron and nickel.

How much do I weigh on Neptune?

I would weigh more on Neptune than on earth. I would weigh 66, Josie 49, Emmy 27 and Margie 13.

Uranus

Who or what was Uranus named after?

Uranus was named after the British astronomer William Herschel and was later called Uranus.

How far is Uranus from the sun?

It's 1,700,000,000 miles from the sun.

What is the diameter of Uranus?

Uranus is 31,690 miles in diameter.

What is the temperature like on Uranus?

The average temperature is -357 degrees F.

How many moons does Uranus have?

Uranus has 27 moons here are some of the moon's names: Cordelia,Ophelia,Bianca,Cressida,Desdemona,Juliet,Portia,Rosalind,Belinda,1986U10,Puck,Miranda,Ariel,Umbreil,Titania,Oberon,Caliban,and Sycorax.

How long is a year on Uranus?

A year on Uranus is 30,687 Earth days or 84 Earth years.

How long is a day?

A day on Uranus is 17 hours and 15 minutes.

What are some important facts about Uranus?

Uranus has 11 faint rings made of rock and dust.The cool methane gas gives Uranus it's blue- green color.

What is the composition of Uranus?

It is mostly made up of different ices like water ammonia and methane. It probably has three layers - an outer layer of hydrogen and helium gas, an icy mantle and a small inner core of rocky material.

What is the air like on Uranus?

The atmosphere of Uranus is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane.

How much do I weigh on Uranus?

I would weigh 51 pounds, Josie 38, Emmy 21 and Margie 10

Saturn

illustration of Saturn's rings

Who or what is Saturn named after?

Saturn was named after the Roman God of agriculture.

How far is Saturn from the sun?

It is 885,904,700 miles from the sun.

What is Saturn's diameter?

Saturn is 74,898 in diameter.

What is the temperature range on Saturn?

It's averge temperature is -288 degrees F.

How many moons does Saturn have?

Saturn has 60 moons. Most of the moons are really tiny but Saturn does have the second largest moon in the solar system called Titan.

How long is a year on Saturn?

It is 29.46 Earth years or 10,759 Earth days.

How long is a day?

A day is 10 hours 39 minutes.

What are some important facts about Saturn?

You can see Saturn with the naked eye. There could be life on one of Saturn's moons called Enceladus because it has liquid water. Saturn would float in water becaust it is less dense.

What is the composition of Saturn?

Saturn is another gas planet made of hydrogen and helium.

What is the air like on Saturn?

Under the cloud layer of mostly hydrogen and helium is a layer of liquid hydrogen then a layer metallic hydrogen, then a core of rocky and metal elements.

How much do I weigh on Saturn?

I would weigh 54 pounds on Saturn, Josie 42, Emeline 22 and Margie 10.

Jupiter

Who or what is Jupiter named after?

Jupiter is named after the Roman primary God, Jupiter.

How far is Jupiter from the sun?

Jupiter is 480,000,000 miles from the sun.

What is Jupiter's diameter?

It's 88,700 miles.

What is the temperature range on Jupiter?

The average temperature -234 degrees F.

How many moons does Jupiter have?

Jupiter has about 63 known moons so far. The four largest are in the bottom picture above. They are named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

How long is one year on Jupiter?

A year is 4,331 Earth days or 11.86 Earth years.

.How long is one day?

A day is 9hours and 56 minutes.

What are some important facts about Jupiter?

Jupiter rings that can barely be seen of rock particles and dust. It is the third brightest object in the night sky. It is the largest planet. There is a great red spot on its surface which is a storm that has lasted over 400 years.

What is the composition of Jupiter?

It is made mostly of hydrogen and helium gases. It has an inner core of iron and rock.

What is the air like on Jupiter?

There is no oxygen on Jupiter. The air is made up of nitrogen, hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammonia. You wouldn't be able to walk on Jupiter because it is not solid.

How much do I weigh on Jupiter?

I would weigh 128 pounds on Jupiter, Josie 100, Emeline 55 and Margie 25.

Earth (I guess we will do Earth too!)

Who or what is Earth named after?

I think God named the Earth "Earth" in Genesis when he created everything. The word means soil.

How far is Earth from the Sun?

It's 92,955,820 miles from the sun.

What is Earth's diameter?

In diameter it's 7,926 miles.

What is the temperature range on Earth?

The temperature ranges from -127 F to 136 degrees F.

How many moons does Earth have?

Earth has one moon called "the Moon".

How long is one year on Earth?

A year on Earth is 365 days.

How long is one day?

A day on Earth is 23 hours and 56 minutes .

What are some special facts about Earth?

It is the only planet in our Solor System that can have life living on it. It is the only planet with water.

What is Earth's composition?

The surface of Earth is made of land which is rocky and water which can be fresh or salt water. The next layer is the mantle which is rock which flows like tar. The next layer is liquid iron and the middle of Earth is a solid iron ball.

What is the air like on Earth?

It is a thin layer of gases. It is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% argon, 0.03% carbon dioxide.

How much do I weigh on Earth?

I weigh about 60 pounds on Earth. Josie 47, Emeline 26 and Margie 12.