assignment guidelines
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All of these instructions and a sample presentation are in Fike’s Classes in a file named Planet PowerPoint Instructions and Sample. Assignment Guidelines. You must complete 9 slides, the 10th is optional All slides must contain at least one picture All words must be at least 32 in font size - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
All of these instructions and a sample presentation are in Fike’s Classes in a file named Planet PowerPoint Instructions and Sample.
Assignment Guidelines• You must complete 9 slides, the 10th is optional• All slides must contain at least one picture• All words must be at least 32 in font size• Once you have created the slides and added the
information you should animate at least one thing on each slide
• Remember to check for spelling and grammar.
Picture of your planet
First and Last Name
Computers - Fike - 1st Hour
Science - Dillon - 3rd Hour
Name - How did your planet get it’s name?
Location - distance from sun in km
what order of all planets
Size - What order is it the largest or smallest
mass
diameter
Atmosphere - What makes up your planets atmosphere?
Chemical Composition
Geology - What is the planet made of?
Does it have layers? What are they?
Moons - How many?
What are they named?
Other information?
Unique Characteristics - Uranus is the sideways planet, Saturn has rings, etc.
Miscellaneous - Any other information you would like to include about your planet.
Stacey FikeComputers - Fike - 1st
HourScience - Dillon - 3rd
Hour
Name?
Distance?
Size?
Atmosphere?
Composition?
Layers?
Moons?
Uniqueness?
Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek mythology.
The name is from Old English and Germanic.
In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil.
Earth is the thirdplanet from the
Sun.
149,600,000 km
Earth is the fifth largest
planet.
diameter:12,756.3
km
mass:5.972e24
kg
• 77% nitrogen
• 21% oxygen
• with traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water
The Earth's atmosphere is:
Taken as a whole, the Earth's chemical composition (by mass) is:
34.6% Iron 29.5% Oxygen 15.2% Silicon 12.7% Magnesium 2.4% Nickel 1.9% Sulfur 0.05% Titanium
The Earth is the densest major body in the solar system.
The Earth is divided into several layers which have distinct chemical and seismic properties (depths in km):
0-40 Crust40-400 Upper mantle400-650 Transition region650-2700 Lower mantle2700-2890 D'' layer2890-5150 Outer core5150-6378 Inner core
Earth has only one natural satellite, the Moon ~ also known as Luna.
It is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
Thousands of small artificial satellites have also been placed in orbit around the Earth.
71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Earth is the only planet on which water can exist in liquid form on the surface.
Unique Characteristi
cs