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C.Naturales Tema1.odt
C.Naturales Tema1.odt
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say with these words?
b) He thinks the universe is too big to study it.
* If you want to measure the diameter of the Earth, is the km a good unit?
a) Yes, it is a good unit because the value is not very big and it is not very
small.
*Where does most star formation occur in the Milky Way today?
C. In the spiral arms
* All the stars in the sky appear to be points of light of the same size. But
stars are different in size. Look at this picture to compare the size of our sun
(yellow) with that of other stars. What do you think?
b) The sun is a middle-size star
Compare the stars in this picture. They are different in (mark the three
correct answers)
* Imagine we are comparing the size of the stars above. Complete with the
following words: bigger/smaller/biggest/smallest:
Betelgeuse is _ smaller _than Antares
Aldebarn is _ bigger _than Betelgeuse
Antares is the _ biggest _
The Sun is the _ smallest _
* The higher amount of energy the star releases, the higher the brightness
because the star gets hotter and the number of rays coming from the star
increase in number.
*If we have several balls, they attract because they have mass. They are
pulled inward by gravity and they
a) get closer together
*Choose the picture that represents the best the effects of gravity on the
atoms of a star
A
*Imagine we have several balls in a pressure cooker and we heat them up,
they are pushed outward by pressure and they
b) move apart.
* Choose the picture that represents the best the effects of the energy
generated by fusion on the atoms of a star:
B
Realize that gravity and the energy produced by fusion have opposite
effects on the size of a star.
STUDENT A: Gravity pulls the atoms inward to the centre of the star and
makes the star to decrease its size.
STUDENT B: Energy generated by fusion push the atoms outward from the
centre of the star and makes the star to increase its size.
* Stars like the sun (about 5000 C superficial temperature) glow yellow, but
massive stars produce higher amounts of energy so they glow
a) Blue
*Work in pairs to situate every layer name in the picture: Number 1 is layer
.
1 Corona 2 Chromosphere 3 Photosphere 4 Core 5 Intermediate zone
PLANETS
Classification A:
Inferior Planets: Mercury Venus. Superior Planets: Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus
Neptune
*Work in pairs: Look at the table above and guess the planet or planets we
are talking about:
-It has a very thin, almost undetectable atmosphere Mercury /Their
atmosphere consists of a thin layer composed mainly of carbon dioxide Mars
and Venus /Their atmospheres are similar to that of the Sun Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune/ Its atmosphere is primarily composed of nitrogen and
oxygen/ Earth
* Work in pairs:
-What is the smallest planet in the solar system? Mercury
- What is the biggest one? Jupiter
- What planets are bigger, inner or outer planets? Outer planets, or gas giant
planets, are bigger than inner (and terrestrial) planets
* We can say that the orbit of the planets around the sun is:
d) Elliptical