Earth and Beyond

Day and night: Because the earth rotate on its axis

1 spin=24 hours
The earth spins anticlockwise
Sun rises from east to west
4 seasons(summer, spring, autumn, winter)
Earth orbits around the sun for 365 days(1 year)
During summer time, the day longer. This is
because the Earth facing the sun for a longer
period of time
During winter time, the day shorter because the
Earth facing away from the sun for a longer period
of time.
Planets:
1) Mercury
2) Venus
3)Earth
4)Mars
5)Jupiter
6)Saturn
7)Uranus
8)Neptune

Why pluto is not considered a planet:

1)Is too small
2)The orbit is different

Venus it’s the hottest because it contains carbon

dioxide CO2, so it traps heat.
Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

When the Earth is between the sun and moon,

and it forms a straight line.

You will see a red moon

Solar Eclipse

When the moon is in between the sun and the

earth, it forms a straight line.

Wolf will howl.

Meteoroids—Meteors-----meteorites
Asteroids are the leftovers rocks from the planet
that are formed
Comets are made up of ice and dust
Meteoroids are from Asteroids that become
crumbs
Meteors is when the meteoroids collide with
planet
Meteorites is when the meteors survive the
atmosphere and hit the surface
Stars can be form a pattern called constellation
Moon
The moon orbits around the Earth for 28 days(1
month)
We can only see the one side of the Moon
because our moon rotates on its axis in the
same period that it revolves around the Earth.
During the moon orbits around the Earth, what
type we can see?
New Moon（新月）
Waxing Crescent （娥眉月）
First Quarter （上玄月）
Waxing Gibbous （凸月）
Full Moon（满月）
Waning Gibbous （凸月）
Third Quarter （下玄月）
Waning Crescent （娥眉月）