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Introducing the Solar System
The Solar System is made up
of various celestial objects:
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the Sun
the planets
moons
asteroids
comets.
How do these objects interact?
The Sun is a star – a massive ball of hot glowing gas.
It has the strongest gravitational field in the Solar System.
All the other celestial bodies orbit around it.
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The rotation of the Earth
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What time is it?
It is 4 am in London.
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What is the time in
the rest of the world?
place
GMT
time
Casablanca
+1 hr
5 am
Pretoria
+2 hr
6 am
Antananarivo +3 hr
7 am
Sydney
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+10 hr 2 pm
Pretoria
Sydney
Antananarivo
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The path of the sun in the sky
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What are hemispheres?
The Earth is divided into two hemispheres, separated by
the equator.
northern
hemisphere
equator
southern
hemisphere
Why do the hemispheres have different seasons at
different times of the year?
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The seasons
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What is the season?
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