2. This digital story is about the
Solar System. It entails
information about the sun,
characteristics of the sun, the
earth, characteristics of the
earth, the universe, inner and
outer planets.
3. Our Milky Way ( whirly stars which clustered
together) and millions of others like
Andromeda Galaxy ( planets, comets,
meteoroids, asteroids) makes up the
Universe.
4. The solar system consist of the sun and the
planets together with everything else that
orbits the sun. the solar system also contains
thousands of asteroids, comets and
meteroids.
5.
6.
7. The first four planets are in the
inner planets. These are Mercury,
Venus, Earth and Mars. These are
refer to as terrestrial planets. The
inner planets are rocky.
8.
9. The other four planets are the
outer planets. The outer planets
are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and
Uranus. The outer planets are
made up of gases such as iron,
nickel and carbon. The outer
planets are gaseous.
10.
11. They all have moons.
They all have spherically shape.
They all orbit on the same plane.
They all resolve around the sun.
They all lie on a flat plane called the ecliptic
plane.
They all make up the solar system.
12. Inner planets are much smaller than the
outer planets.
Inner planet have solid surfaces while outer
planets are ball of gases with no surfaces.
Inner planets have a greater density while
outer planets density is very low.
Inner planets have no rings while outer
planets have rings.
Inner planets spins slowly compare to those
to the outer planets.
13. The sun is the center of the solar system. It
is a star. It is a hot ball of gas compromising
of hydrogen and helium gas. It provides pull
for the other planets. Its diameter is
1,392,000 km (865,000 miles).
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15. It is the main source of energy for both earth
and other planets.
It gives us heat, light, energy and food.
It comforts us and make our whole existence
possible.
It is use for commercial living- for example,
industries within the country depends on the
sun for increase productivity for certain
goods relay on the sun to be made into finish
goods (drying of rice)
16. It contributes to the atmosphere and ozone
layer and helps with rainfall.
Recreation activities such as picnic.
Domestic purposes such as drying of clothes.
Sustain life on earth such as in the
photosynthesis process in plants.
It provides Vitamin D.
17. The Earth is the third planet from the sun
and it is most dense. It is largest of the four
inner planet. It is sometimes refer to as the
Blue Planet. It a rotating sphere. It is made
of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. Earth has
two major force; gravity and magnetism. The
Earth is comprised of 79% water and 29 %
gases.
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19.
20. It is spherical in shape.
It is the only planet in the Solar System on
which people can survive, the only one which
can support life.
Its surface has water on it and its influences
temperature so that water can exists as a
liquid, a gas and a solid.
It is about 150 million km away from the sun.
It has one moon.
21. It has a diameter of a 12 756 kilometers, so
is not really a large planet.
It rotates on its axis once in every 24 hours
(1 Earth day).
It revolves around the sun once in 365 ¼ days
or one Earth year.
The Earth's axis also tilts with respect to the
Sun, causing the changes of the seasons.
The atmosphere of the Earth actually
consists of 79% Nitrogen (N2), 20% Oxygen
(O2) and 1% of other gases such as Carbon
Dioxide (CO2).
22.
23. Phyllis Reynolds, M. V. (1995). Social Studies
Book 6, Our World Environment. Kingston:
Carlong Publishers ( Caribbean Limited).
24. Name: Kedesha Harris
I. D Number: B-ed 3733
Program: Bachelors in Primary Education
Group: Year 4
Course: Planet Earth ( Social Studies)
Topic: Digital Story on The Solar System
Lecturer: Mrs. Williams
Due Date: August 12, 2014
