1 / 27

Solar System (Moon, Stars, Sun, Planets)

Amy Johnson and Cheri Scheer. Solar System (Moon, Stars, Sun, Planets). Seventh Grade Science updated 2005. General Objective. Objects and Their Motion in the Solar System Strand 6, Concept 1 & 2 ( GLE ). Concept Map. Seasonal Changes. Tilt of the Earth and Dates

emi-boyer
Download Presentation

Solar System (Moon, Stars, Sun, Planets)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Amy Johnson and Cheri Scheer Solar System(Moon, Stars, Sun, Planets) Seventh Grade Science updated 2005

  2. General Objective • Objects and Their Motion in the Solar System • Strand 6, Concept 1 & 2 (GLE)

  3. Concept Map

  4. Seasonal Changes Tilt of the Earth and Dates • Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours • Axis is tilted at 23 1/2 degrees • Earth revolves around sun every 365 1/4 days in an elliptical path

  5. Moon • Phases and DatesQuiz • Lunar Landing(yes or no) • Eclipses • Other planets

  6. Eclipses

  7. INNER PLANETS Mercury Venus Earth Mars OUTER PLANETS Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Planets

  8. INNER PLANETS • Terrestrial • Small • Solid

  9. MERCURY • Slightly bigger than the Moon • Covered with craters • 1 Mercury day is 59 Earth days • -180 to 400° C • 1 Mercury year= 88 Earth days

  10. VENUS • Covered with thick clouds • Atmosphere is almost all CO2 • Surface temperature 475 ° • 1Venus day is 243 Earth days • 1 Venus year is 225 Earth days • Retrograde Rotation

  11. EARTH • Changing weather patterns • Key to life is water • Perfect distance from the Sun to support life

  12. MARS • Thin atmosphere of CO2 • Water only polar caps • Covered in volcanoes • Dusty, barren surface appears red • 2 moons: Phobos and Deimos • 1 day-1day 1year =687 days • ½ diameter, 1/10 mass of Earth

  13. OUTER PLANETS • Gas giants • No solid surfaces • Pluto not considered an outer planet

  14. JUPITER • Made primarily of hydrogen and helium • Giant Red Spot is a storm/tornado system the size of 1½ Earths • Largest planet (able to hold all other planets) • 60 known moons • Io, most volcanically active place in solar system • 3 of 4 large moons have icy surfaces • 1 day = @ 10 hours 1 year = 11.9 years

  15. SATURN • Second largest planet • Made of hydrogen and helium • Winds blow 900 mph • 31 known moons • Titan is larger than Mercury • Rings are a few hundred meters thick and are the largest • Can be seen from Earth with telescope • Three main with thousands of ringlets • 1 day = @ 10 hours 1 year = 29.5 years

  16. URANUS • Featureless, blue-green • Mainly hydrogen, helium, and methane • Absorbs red part of sunlight • Rotates on its side • Possibly struck by massive object • Has 13 rings • Has 27 moons • Miranda shows evidence of being struck, breaking apart, and collecting together again • 1 day = 17 hours 1 year = 84 years

  17. NEPTUNE • Made similar to Uranus with cloud belts • Great Dark Spot similar to Great Red Spot • Looks like faint blue-green star • Set of very narrow rings • 13 known moons • Triton is smaller than Earth’s moon • Orbits opposite of Neptune’s spin • 1 day = 18 hours 1 year = 165 years

  18. PLUTO • Smallest • rock and nitrogen ice with thin methane atmosphere • Only planet never visited by a mission • Sometimes orbit path is inside Neptune’s orbit making Neptune outermost planet • One moon • Charon is more than half the size of Pluto • 1 day = just over 6 days 1 year = 248 years

  19. Project

  20. Let’s Have FUN! • Space Trivia • Order Up! • Adlib Story

  21. MAP Assessment

  22. MAP Assessment

  23. Map assessment • Explain why we are closer to the sun in the winter but still warmer in the summer?

  24. Lesson Summary Lesson Summary

  25. Citations, Credits, References • http://www.worldtimezone.com • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml/ • http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/label/labelmoonphases.shtml

  26. Citations, Credits, References • http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/answers_moon.html • http://www.lunaranomalies.com/fake-moon.htm • http://www.windows.ucar.edu

  27. Career Areas • Astronaut/Aerospace Engineer/Astrologer • Farmer • Meteorologist • Oceanographer

More Related