What is a satellite?
Satellites orbit larger objects in space. The moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite
What are planets
Planets are objects in orbit around stars. There are five planets you can see with your naked eye-Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. There are 7 planets in the solar system.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
What are comets?
Comets are made of ice
and dust. They orbit
around the sun- sometimes
taking thousands of years.
What are meteors?
Meteors are bits of rock
from space that burn up and move through the Earth’s at atmosphere.
What is a star
Stars are balls of gas that emit light. The Sun is a star.
What is the Universe
The universe is everything
that there is. It is made up of billions of galaxies
What is a galaxy?
Galaxy is a collection
of stars. Our nearest large
galaxy is Andromeda. We are in the Milky Way
At what time of the day is the sun highest in the sky?
Midday
How are inner planets different from outer planets?
Inner planets are rocky, but outer planets are gassy
Where does the sun rise from
East
Why does it seem like the sun moves across the sky?
Because when we spin, it looks like the sun is moving across the sky
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, what will the season be for us?
Summer
When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, what will the season be for us?
Winter
In the summer, the sun appears to be………..
in the sky and the days are ………..
high
longer
In the winter, the sun appears …………….in the sky and the days are …………..
low
shorter
Compare and contrast the inner and outer planets of the Solar System. You can consider, for example, names, visibility from Earth, size, temperature, composition (what they are made of), year length.
. The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
. The outer planet are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
. The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets.
. The inner planets are made of rock but the outer planets are made of gas.
. The inner planets have shorter years than the outer planets.
. All four of the inner planets are visible from Earth, but only one of the outer planets.
. The outer planets have lots more moons than the inner planets.
. The outer planets are a lot colder than the inner planets.
