1. The Solar System
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2. Contents
The Solar System
Exercises

3. The Solar System
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 .

4. The terrestrial planets
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.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

5. It has no natural satellites.
Mercury
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.

6. Venus has no natural satellites.
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.

7. It has one satellite – the Moon.
Earth
Earth 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.

8. The Moon

9. 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.

10. Mars’s satellites
Phobos
Deimos

11. The gas giants Jupiter Saturn Neptune Uranus
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
Neptune
Uranus

12. Jupiter has got 28 natural satellites.
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.

13. Jupiter’s satellites
Ganymede
The biggest Io
Europa
Callisto

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

15. Saturn’s satellites
Mimas
Titan
Tethys

16. It has got 20 natural satellites.
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.

17. Uranus’s satellites
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel

18. It has got 8 natural satellites.
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.

19. Neptune’s satellites
Triton
Proteus
Nereid

20. Pluto
Pluto is the ninth planet from the Sun. It was discovered in But on 24th August the International Astronomical Union excluded Pluto as a planet and added it as a member of the category “dwarf planet”.

21. Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

22. Match the planet to its name.
Exercise 1.
Match the planet to its name.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

23. Put the planets in the right order.
Exercise 2.
Put the planets in the right order.

24. Exercise 3.
Which planet…
IS THE BIGGEST?
Earth
Jupiter
Neptune

25. WELL DONE!

26. THINK AGAIN!

27. IS THE CLOSEST TO THE SUN?
Exercise 3.
Which planet…
IS THE CLOSEST TO THE SUN?
Mercury
Mars
Saturn

28. WELL DONE!

29. THINK AGAIN!

30. Exercise 3.
Which planet…
IS A GAS PLANET?
Venus
Earth
Uranus

31. WELL DONE!

32. THINK AGAIN!

33. HAS GOT A RECORD NUMBER OF SATELLITES?
Exercise 3.
Which planet…
HAS GOT A RECORD NUMBER OF SATELLITES?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus

34. WELL DONE!

35. THINK AGAIN!

36. Match the planet to its satellite.
Exercise 4
Match the planet to its satellite.
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37. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Ganymede 6

38. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Phobos 6

39. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Miranda 6

40. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Triton 6

41. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Moon 6

42. 1 2
THINK AGAIN! 3 4 5
Titan 6

43. Автор Полушкина Гульчачак Форзановна учитель английского языка
ГОУ «Лицей естественных наук города Кирова»
Кировская область
2011

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