The solar system

CLAUDIA BASTIDA

The universe

The universe is all the matter that exists.

It includes many different celestial bodies: like galaxies,planets,stars,satellites,comets,asteroids and meteorites.

The sun

• The sun moves in two ways: rotation and revolution.

• ROTATION:The sun rotates on an imaginary axis.

• REVOLUTION:The sun revolves around the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

The planets• The planets are

celestial bodies. They revolve around the sun.

• The inner planets are Mercury,Venus,the Earth and Mars

• The outer planets are Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune.

• The inner planets are made up of rocks and the outer planets are made up of gases.

The stars

• The stars are celestial bodies made up of gases and with a spherical shape.

• There have many different colours:red,orange,yellow and white.

THE EARTH

• The Earth moves in two different ways: rotation and revolution.

• ROTATION:the Earth moves on an imaginary axis.

• REVOLUTION:the Earth revolves around the sun and causes the seasons.

The eclipses

• When the moon ,the sun and the Earth are in a straight line they produce an eclipse.

• The solar eclipse: when the moon is between the sun and the Earth blocks the sun light and projects a shadow on the Earth.

• The lunar eclipse: when the Earth is between the sun and the moon it blocks the sun light producing a shadow on the moon’s surface.