OUR PLANET

By Velizar Ivanov 10b

 Earth
• Earth is the only planet in our solar
system that is not named after
Roman an Greek gods.
• Earth belongs to Milky Way Galaxy
and it is the only planet that can
sustain life.
 Shape of the earth
• The study of size and shape of earth
is called geodesy
• Before 500 BC, people thought that
earth was flat. But thanks to scientist
like Aristotle and Pythagoras, people
know that the shape of the earth is
spherical. However sir Isaac Newton
showed that the earth was not in
perfect sphere but compressed
spheroid.
 Earth’s formation
• Scientist think Earth was formed at
roughly the same time as the sun
and the other planets some 4.6
billion years ago, when solar system
came from giant, rotating cloud of
gas and dust known as the solar
nebula. As the nebula collapsed
because of its gravity, it spun faster
and flattened into a disk. Most of the
material was pulled toward the
center to form sun. other particles
formed all planets in the system.
 The evolution of earth
• The history of Earth is divided into
four eons – starting with the earliest,
these are the Hadean, Archean,
Proterozoic and Phanerozoic. The
first three eons, which together
lasted nearly 4 billion years, are
together known as the Precambrian.
Evidence for life did not become
abundant until the Phanerozoic.
 The evolution of earth
• The Phanerozoic is divided into three
eras – starting with the earliest,
these are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic
and Cenozoic.
• The Paleozoic Era saw the
development of many kinds of
animals and plants in the seas and
on land.
• The Mesozoic Era was the age of
dinosaurs.
• The Cenozoic Era we are currently in
the age of mammals.
 Layers of the earth
• Crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Outer Core
 Orbital Characteristics
• Earth spins on imaginary line called
an axis that runs from the North Pole
to the South Pole, while also orbiting
the sun. it takes Earth 23.439 hours
to complete a rotation on axis and
roughly 365.26 days to complete an
orbit around the sun.
 Motions of the earth
• Rotation – rotation of the planet
Earth around its own axis
• The earth rotates on its own axis
from west to east or counter
clockwise.
• The rotation of the earth results in
the alternation of day and night.
• Areas facing toward the sun
experience daytime, Areas facing
away from the sun experience
nighttime.
 Dictionary
English Български

axis ос

solar nebula слънчева мъглявина

rotation завъртане

sun снлънце

planet планета

spherical сферична
Thank you for your attention!