THE SUN, MOON, AND EARTH

HOW FAR AWAY ARE THEY?

CAN THEY SUPPORT LIFE?

THE SUN •Really BIG star

•Burning ball of gases

•Gives life to Earth

• Planets revolve around the sun

SUN FACTS• Temperature: 9,932

degrees F

• Contains Hydrogen and Helium

• 1 Million Earths could fit inside!

DISTANCE• Light takes 8 minutes to

reach Earth• 117 years to Drive • 19 years to fly•Distance from Earth:

93,205,679 Mileshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light#mediaviewer/File:Earth_to_Sun_-_en.png

CAN THE SUN SUPPORT LIFE?• NO!

• TOO hot

• No water

• No Oxygen

• Only Hydrogen and Helium

• *why haven't we visited?

THE EARTH• Known as the ‘Blue

Planet’

• 70% covered in water

• Temperature: -125 130

• Circular or flat?

ORBIT AND ROTATION

•1 year to “orbit” the sun

•1 day is created by rotation

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ames-big-blue-marble-storybook-text_prt.htm

EARTH FACTS • Temperature: 61 F• Contains oxygen• Earths speed: 67,000

mph •Gravity

-like a magnet-pulls everything to it

CAN EARTH SUPPORT LIFE?• YES! •Only planet with

water• Lots of Oxygen•Only planet that has

life

THE MOON• Creates tides

•Has mountains

• Craters

-created by comets

MOON FACTS• Temperature in day: 225 F

• Temperature at night: -307 F

• Contains Hydrogen and Helium

• 50 moons could fit inside Earth

DISTANCE

•The moon is 250,000 miles away

•1 year to drive

•3-weeks to fly

MOONS GRAVITY•Less gravity than

Earth

•Your weight on the moon: weight/6

•Neil Armstrong

CAN THE MOON SUPPORT LIFE?

•NO!

• Too hot/ too cold

•No Oxygen

•No water

•Why can Astronauts visit?

TOTAL DISTANCES • Sun from Earth: 93,205,679

miles away

•Moon from Earth: 250,000 miles away

BIG DIFFERENCES•Temperature

•Gasses in the air

•Contains water?

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Commons Attribution.

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SOURCES

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