Subject: Geography

Topic: Structure of our Solar System

Std: VI

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 The universe was formed due to a cosmic explosion, leading to the formation of
giant clouds of gases and dust particles called nebulae.

The collision of the atoms in the nebulae caused formation of glowing

bodies known as stars.

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When stars are found in very large clusters or groups , the clusters are called galaxies. Our
solar system is a part of the galaxy called the Milky Way or the Akash Ganga.

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 Quiz
Which of the following defines Which list goes from
the universe? smallest to largest?
the whole solar system galaxy, universe, solar system
a group of planets solar system, galaxy, universe
the galaxy that includes
the Sun solar system, universe, galaxy
all things that exist in
space universe, galaxy, solar system

What is the name of the

galaxy that includes Earth?
The Milky Star The White Dwarf The Milky Way The Best Galaxy

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 How can we remember?
• My Mercury
• Very Venus Task – Can you think of a new way
• Easy Earth of remembering the planets in the
right order?
• Method Mars
• Just Jupiter
• Speeds Saturn
• Up Uranus Pluto is no longer classed
as a planet!!!
• Naming Neptune
• Planets Pluto

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 True or False Challenge

•Sun is made up of hot gases, mainly helium

and oxygen.

• The
light from the sun reaches the earth in about 8
minutes and 20 seconds.

•The gravitational pull of the sun that holds the earth

and the other planets in their fixed elliptical paths are
called orbits.

•Sun’s radius is 109 times that of the earth and its mass is
about 3,33,000 times that of the earth.

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 Scientists suggest that Mars is similar to Earth in many
ways. Do you think life is possible on Mars?

What favourable conditions are required for life to exist on Mars?

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 Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore the crater Gale
on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

Curiosity
Rover Finds
Evidence of
Persistent
Liquid Water
in the Past.

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 Just after landing, Curiosity
found smooth, rounded
pebbles that likely rolled
downstream for at least a few
miles in a river that was ankle-
to hip-deep. When Curiosity
reached Mount Sharp, the
team found that over 1,000
vertical feet of rock is formed
originally as mud at the bottom
of a series of shallow lakes.
Rivers and lakes persisted in
Gale crater for perhaps a
million years or longer.

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 What might have happened here?

Is this on planet earth? What if you were present here?

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 Who said it?

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