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THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS GOT
• 1 star: The Sun
• 1 moon
• 8 official planets + Pluto:
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
The Sun
The Sun's name
comes from the Romans
who called it Sol
•
It is a star - it is not
a planet
•
It is so big that you
could fit more than 1
million earths inside of it! It
measures more than a
million kilometers across.
•
Mercury
 is the planet closest to
our Sun, and it is the eighth
largest of the nine planets
 is a small, rocky planet
 the temperature ranges
from 90 K to 700 K.
 recent radar information
shows evidence of ice at
Mercury's north pole
 Mercury has no moons
Venus
 Venus is the second planet from
the Sun
 It’s the earth’s sister, because the
2 planets are very close in size
and gravity
 is a small, rocky planet with
yellowish clouds
 it’s the hottest planet in the solar
system
Venus has no moon
it is the second brightest of the
planets after the moon
 Earth is the third planet from the Sun
 It is only planet which supports a variety of life
 It’s called the ‘ goldilocks planet ‘, because it’s
not too hot and not to cold
 it is the densest major body in the solar
system. This means that it's the most "compact"
of all the planets
 it is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old
 71 % of the Earth's surface is covered with
water.. Water is essential for life
 it is orbited by one moon
 The name comes from Old English and
Germanic language
 The Moon is the Earth's only natural
satellite.
 It is the second brightest object in the sky
after the sun
 It was first visited by the Soviet spacecraft
Luna 2 in 1959.
 Its surface is covered with regolith, a
mixture dust and rocky debris produced by
meteor impacts.
 It has no atmosphere
What happens during a lunar
eclipse?
The Moon passes through the Earth's
shadow. The reddish-copper coloration
comes from the sunlight being deflected
through the Earth's atmosphere
 is a small, rocky planet which is cold
and lifeless.
 It’s known as the red planet because
of its atmosphere
 It is the fourth planet from the Sun,
and the seventh largest
 Scientists think people could live on
Mars
 There are 2 special robots exploring
the surface of Mars
 It has 2 moons
Jupiter
 is a giant gas planet
 it is the fifth planet from the
Sun and the largest of all nine
planets
 It's 318 times bigger than the
Earth
 It’s the third brightest object
in the night sky. Only Venus
and the Moon are brighter
 It has 67 moons
Saturn
 is the sixth planet from
the Sun, and the second
largest of the nine planets
 is a giant gas planet
 It's most famous for its
beautiful rings
 It has 60 moons
 Saturn is the root of the
English word "Saturday.
 Saturn's rings are very
bright
Uranus
 is the seventh planet from the Sun
and the third largest of the nine
planets
 it is a giant gas planet
 it has rings around it
 it has 27 moons
 it is covered in blue clouds made
of methane which give it its lovely
color
Neptune
It is the eighth planet from the Sun
and the fourth largest
 is a giant gas planet made up of
various "ices" and rock, it also looks
blue…
 it has 14 moons
 it takes over 164 years to finish an
orbit around the sun
 it has the longest orbit of any
planet in the solar system
Pluto
 was discovered in 1930
 the ninth planet in the solar
system
 is a small, icy "dwarf planet",
the smallest of all
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING OPEN ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Why is it called the solar system?
2. How many planets has the solar system got?
3. What is the sun?
4. How far is the sun from the earth?
5. What is there in the solar system?
6. What is the solar massive gravity for?
7. What does the sun allow us to do?
8. Is Mercury a small, medium or large planet?
9. How many moons has Venus got?
10.Why is the Earth called the goldilocks planet?
11.What happens during a lunar eclipse?
12.Why is Mars known as the red planet ?
13.Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
14.What is Saturn famous for?
15.How many moons has Uranus got?
16.How long does it take Neptune to finish an orbit around the sun?
17.When was Pluto discovered?
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
We call it the solar system because
 Everything rotates around the sun
 around the moon
 around the earth
The solar system has got
 13 planets,3 stars,2 moons
 1star and 9 planets
 1star ,1 moon and 8 planets + Pluto
The sun is
 A star
 A planet
 Cartoon dog
The sun is …… from the earth
 10 m away
 93 million miles away
 100.000.000 million miles away
In the solar system there is
 The sky
 The sun
 There are planets, asteroids, moons, comets
The sun is …… wider than the earth
 More than 2000 times
 More than 200 times
 More than 100 times
The solar massive gravity
 Keeps the earth and planet circling around it
 Keeps the earth and moons circling around it
 Keeps the stars and the birds
The sun allows us to
 Drink hot water
 Live on earth
 Eat
Mercury is
 The largest planet in the solar system
 The smallest
 The eighth of the largest planets in the solar system
Venus has got
 3 moons
 1 moon
 No moon
The Earth is the …… body in the solar system
 Densest
 Warmest
 Coldest
The moon …… atmosphere
 Hasn’ t got
 Has got
 Has atmosphere at night
Scientists think
 People could live on Mars
 People couldn’t live on Mars
 People live on Mars
Jupiter is
 318 times bigger than earth
 200 times bigger than earth
 2 times bigger than earth
The name Saturn is the root of the word
 Sun
 Sunday
 Saturday
Uranus has got
 27 moons
 7 moons
 17 moons
Neptune has …… orbit of any planet in the solar system
 The shortest
 The longest
 The fastest
Pluto was discovered
 In 1930
 In 1931
 In 1932
New
grammar
rules
New
words
New topics
COMMUNICATIVE
SKILLS
RATING
LISTENING
How I learn
WHAT
New words
When I want to learn and
remember new words I
SPEAKING
Reading
Listening
Speaking
READING
Writing
WRITING
When I want to read
something I
When I want to
understand what I am
hearing I …
When I want to speak I
…
When I want to write something
I …
HOW
Write them down
Repeat aloud and write
them down
Use my mp3 player,
repeat and write
I open my wordlist page and
use them for a basic
conversation
I write words and
sentences many times
WHEN
LA1
Communicative
skills
LISTENING
NOW I CAN
I can recognize words and
phrases when people speak
slowly and clearly.
I can interact in a simple way
SPEAKING
I can ask and answer
questions in areas of
immediate need or on
familiar topics.
I can use simple phrases and
sentences to describe a
familiar topic
READING
I can understand familiar
names, words and very
simple sentences
WRITING
I can write short, simple
passages.
I can fill in forms about given
topics
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LOT OF
HELP
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LITTLE
HELP
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NO
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