Solar System

Is the group of planets, and spacial rocks that revolves or travel around the Sun. ​

Solar System

• 8 planets

• Spacial rocks

• Moon´s

• The Sun

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The Solar System is made up by

​A celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun and it has the shape of a ball.

Planets

​A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

Orbit

​Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. Although asteroids orbit the Sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets.

Asteroids

Poll

The Solar Systes is just the Sun and planets.

• No, it has also Moon´s

• Yes

• Not, it has also Moon´s and asteroids

The earth is going to make two movements:

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Earth

• Rotation - lasts 24 hours.

• Revolution - lasts 365.25 days

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Multiple Choice

The Earth spins around the axis.

• Rotation

• Revolution

Multiple Choice

The Earth goes around the Sun

• Rotation

• Revolution

Multiple Choice

How many planets are in the solar system?

• 8

• 9

• 7

Multiple Choice

The outer planets are...

• Close to the Sun

• Out of the Sun

Multiple Choice

The inner planets are...

• Out of the Sun

• Close to the Sun

Our home planet Earth is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It has a solid and active surface with mountains, valleys, canyons, plains and so much more. Earth is special because it is an ocean planet. Water covers 70% of Earth's surface.

Earth´s surface

Our atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen. Nitrogen makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere. Nitrogen gas is all around us, comprising the vast majority of the air we breathe.

Atmosphere and Nitrogen

Multiple Choice

Water covers...

• 57% of Earth´s surface.

• 70% of Earth´s surface

• 80% of Earth´s surface

Multiple Choice

The Earth´s surface also has...

• valleys and land

• canyons, valleys, mountains and plains.

• mountains and plains.

• valleys, mountains and canyons.

• A day on Earth lasts a little under 24 hours.

• One year on Earth lasts 365.25 days. That 0.25 extra means every four years we need to add one day to our calendar. We call it a leap day (in a leap year).

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Time on Earth

Multiple Choice

What is a leap year?

• When we add one day to our calendar approximately every four years.

• Is when a day is added to our calendar without any explanation.

• Is just one day more in our calendar

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