Introduction to The Earth and Beyond
Task :
• Watch the videos about Introduction to The Solar System and The Earth and Beyond
• Answer the questions below
1. Glossary
a. Rotation : _____________________________________________________________________________
b. Revolution : _____________________________________________________________________________
c. Axis : _____________________________________________________________________________
d. Star : _____________________________________________________________________________
e. Planet : _____________________________________________________________________________
f. Orbit : _____________________________________________________________________________
g. Gravity : _____________________________________________________________________________
h. Telescope : _____________________________________________________________________________
i. Meteroid : _____________________________________________________________________________
j. Comet : _____________________________________________________________________________
k. Constellation : _____________________________________________________________________________
L. Asteroid belt : _____________________________________________________________________________
2. an eight planets in the solar system are : ______________________________________________________________
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and three dwarf planets are : ________________________________________________________________________
3. a. Terrestrial planet means _____________________________ and its characteristics are _______________________
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The terrestrial planets are ________________________________________________________________________
b. Jovian planet means _____________________________ and its characteristics are __________________________
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The Jovian planets are ___________________________________________________________________________
c. Dwarf planet is _________________________________________________________________________________
The dwarf planets are ___________________________________________________________________________
4. S U N
Function : _____________________________________________________________________________
Materials make up : ___________________________________________________________________________
Temperature : in the core is ______________________ and in the surface is ___________________________
Parts of Sun : _____________________________________________________________________________
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5. MOON
Characteristics : _____________________________________________________________________________
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Phases is ____________________________________________________________________________________
Types of phases are ___________________________________________________________________________
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6. Complete the table below :
Planet Temperature Rotation Revolution Materials make up Number of
time time moon
Mercury
Venus
(morning and evening star)
Earth
(the water planet)
Mars
(red planet)
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Dwarf Planet
Ceres
Pluto
Eris
7. Nebula theory : ___________________________________________________________________________________
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8. Big Bang theory : _________________________________________________________________________________
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