The Solar System consists of 8 planets. Some of them have their natural satellites. It is considered that the Solar System appeared from the gas cloud.

The Solar System

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The Solar System

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The Solar System consists of 8 planets. Some of them have their natural satellites. It is considered that the Solar System appeared from the gas cloud approximately 4,5-

5 billions years ago .

The Solar System

The planets are divided into 2 groups: the terrestrial planets

and the gas giants. The first group: Earth, Mercury, Venus,

Mars. They are far less than the gas planets in size.

The terrestrial planets

Mercury Venus Earth Mars

Mercury –is the closest planet to the Sun. It is the smallest planet in

the Solar System. It is similar in appearance to the Moon. Because

of the closeness to the Sun its surface heats up to +400°С. It doesn’t have any substantial

atmosphere.It has no natural satellites.

Mercury

Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is close in size to Earth.

About 80% of the surface is covered with smooth volcanic

plains. It has an extremely dense atmosphere which consists of mainly carbon dioxide. It is the

hottest planet with surface temperature up to +500°С.

Venus has no natural satellites.

EarthEarth is the third planet from the

Sun. It is the largest of the terrestrial planets. It is the only

place in the Universe where life is known to exist. Its atmosphere

consist of 78% nitrogen, 21% free oxygen and ≈1% argon. Over 70% of

surface is covered with water. It has one satellite – the Moon.

The Moon

Mars

Mars is the forth planet from the Sun. It is smaller than Earth. Its

surface consists of vast volcanoes and valleys. Its red colour comes from iron oxide in its soil. It is a planet with a thin atmosphere.

Mars has got polar ice caps which consist of ice water and carbon

dioxide. An average temperature is -70°С.

Mars has two natural satellites.

Mars’s satellites

Phobos Deimos

The gas giants

The gas giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. They are bigger than the terrestrial planets. They consist of gas and they

haven’t got solid surfaces. They are surrounded with

rings and atmosphere which consists of hydrogen.

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. It is the largest planet

of the Solar System. It is covered with long layers of clouds. That’s

why it looks like striped. It is surrounded with a faint

planetary ring system. An average temperature is -130°С. There is the Great Red Spot on the Jupiter which is known as a

giant atmosphere storm. Jupiter has got 28 natural satellites.

GanymedeThe biggest

Callisto

Io

Europa

Jupiter’s satellites

Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is surrounded with

big and bright rings. Its rings are made up of small ice and rock

particles. The temperature is to -170°С.

Saturn has got a record number of natural satellites – 33.

Saturn’s satellites

Titan Mimas

Tethys

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Like the other

giant planets, Uranus has a ring system. Uranus is the first planet discovered with a telescope by English astronomer Sir William

Herschel (1781).It has got 20 natural satellites.

Uranus’s satellites

Miranda

Ariel

Umbriel

Neptune

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun. Neptune is the

first planet found by mathematical prediction rather

than by empirical observation. It is surrounded with rings.

It has got 8 natural satellites.

Neptune’s satellites

Triton Proteus

Nereid

Pluto

Pluto is the ninth planet from the Sun. It was discovered in

1930. But on 24th August 2006 the International Astronomical

Union excluded Pluto as a planet and added it as a member of the

category “dwarf planet”.

Exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 1. Match the planet to its name.

Mercury

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Venus

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Exercise 2. Put the planets in the right order.

Exercise 3. Which planet…

IS THE BIGGEST?

Earth Jupiter Neptune

WELL DONE!

THINK AGAIN!

Exercise 3. Which planet…

IS THE CLOSEST TO THE SUN?

Mercury Mars Saturn

WELL DONE!

THINK AGAIN!

Exercise 3. Which planet…

IS A GAS PLANET?

Venus Earth Uranus

WELL DONE!

THINK AGAIN!

Exercise 3. Which planet…

HAS GOT A RECORD NUMBER OF SATELLITES?

Jupiter Saturn Uranus

WELL DONE!

THINK AGAIN!

Exercise 4

Match the planet to its satellite.

START

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Ganymede

THINK AGAIN!

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Phobos

THINK AGAIN!

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Miranda

THINK AGAIN!

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Triton

THINK AGAIN!

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Moon

THINK AGAIN!

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Titan

THINK AGAIN!

Автор

Полушкина Гульчачак Форзановна

учитель английского языкаГОУ «Лицей естественных наук города Кирова» Кировская область2011

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