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1st Formative Assessment Task
COMPARE AND CONTRAST BETWEEN EARTH AND
OTHER PLANET (S)
BY NANCY 6A

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ASSESSMENT
Assessment Task
Students describe planetary facts
Assessment Tool
Checklist
Assessment Strategies
Observation

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WALT
(What Am I Learn To)
To know what the solar system consist of

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CELESTIAL OBJECTS
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
What is celestial objects?
A natural object which is located outside of Earth’s
atmosphere.

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CELESTIAL OBJECTS
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Some Celestial Objects in Our Solar System:
 Planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune
 Star: Sun

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Celestial Objects in Our Solar
System
and their characteristics

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Sun
 How big across: 1,392,000 km
 Color: yellow/orange
 Temperature: 5,778 K
 Mass: 1.989E30 kg
 Sun rotates once every 27 days
at the equator, but only once in
31 days at the poles.
Sun

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Mercury
 How big across: 4,900 km
 Color: Grey
 Temperature: -173 C at night
and
 427o C at day
 Mass: 328.5E21 kg
 Gravity: 3.7 m/s2
 Distance from the sun: 5.9
million km
 Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium,
oxygen, sodium, calcium,
potassium and water vapor
 Moons: no moons
 How long one rotation: 59 days
 How long one year: 88 days
 Rings: none

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Venus
 How big across: 12,100 km
 Color: Yellowish White
 Temperature:
 Mass: 4.867E24 kg (0.815
Earth mass)
 Gravity: 8.87 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 57.9
million km
 Atmosphere: made up almost
completely of carbon dioxide,
little amount of sulfuric acid and
nitrogen.
 Moons: no moons
 How long one rotation: 243
days
 How long one year: 224.7 days
 Rings: none

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Mars
 How big across: 6,800 km
 Color: Red - Orange
 Temperature: On average, the
temperature on Mars is about
minus 80 degrees F (minus 60
degrees C).
 In winter, near the poles
temperatures can get down to
minus 195 degrees F (minus
125 degrees C).
 A summer day on Mars may
get up to 70 degrees F (20
degrees C) near the equator,
but at night the temperature
can plummet to about minus
100 degrees F (minus 73 C).
 Mass: 639E21 kg (0.107 Earth mass)
 Gravity: 3.711 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 227.8 million
km
 Atmosphere: 96% carbon dioxide and
almost 4% nitrogen.
 Moons: no moons
 How long one rotation: 24.5 hours
 How long one year: 687 days
 Rings: none

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Jupiter
 How big across: 142,800 km
 Color: Orange and White bands
 Temperature: at the upper edge
of the cloud cover, it is 145
degrees C
 Mass: 1.898E27 kg (317.8
Earth mass)
 Gravity: 24.79 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 778
million km
 Atmosphere: It is mostly made of
molecular hydrogen and helium
in roughly solar proportions; other
chemical compounds are present
only in small amounts and
including methane, ammonia,
hydrogen sulfide and water.
 Moons: at least 16 moons
 How long one rotation: 9.8 hours
 How long one year: 12 Earth
years
 Rings: 2 rings

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Saturn
 How big across: 120,660 km
 Color: Pale Yellow
 Temperature: average
temperature of minus 288
degrees Fahrenheit (minus 178
degrees Celsius)
 Mass: 568.3E24 kg (95.16
Earth mass)
 Gravity: 10.44 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 1,427
million km
 Atmosphere: Like the rest of the
planet, the atmosphere of Saturn
is made up approximately 75%
hydrogen and 25% helium, with
trace amounts of other
substances like water ice and
methane.
 Moons: at least 17 moons
 How long one rotation: 10.7
hours
 How long one year: 29.5 Earth
years
 Rings: 12 rings

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Uranus
 How big across: 52,400 km
 Color: Light Blue
 Temperature: average
temperature of cloud tops in
Uranus is 224 °C
 Gravity: 86.81E24 kg (14.54
Earth mass)
 Gravity: 8.69 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 2,870
million km
 Atmosphere: Uranus and
Neptune have similar
atmospheres. Their atmospheres
are mostly hydrogen and helium,
they have a higher proportion of
ices, like water, ammonia and
methane. This is why
astronomers call Uranus and
Neptune “ice giants”.
 Moons: at least 15 moons
 How long one rotation: 17 hours
 How long one year: 84 Earth
years
 Rings: 10 rings

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Neptune
 How big across: 49,560 km
 Color: Light Blue
 Temperature:
 Mass: 102.4E24 kg (17.15
Earth mass)
 Gravity: 11.15 m/s²
 Distance from the sun: 5,900
million km
 Atmosphere: Uranus and
Neptune have similar
atmospheres. Their atmospheres
are mostly hydrogen and helium,
they have a higher proportion of
ices, like water, ammonia and
methane. This is why
astronomers call Uranus and
Neptune “ice giants”.
 Moons: 8 moons
 How long one rotation: 16 hours
 How long one year: 165 Earth
years
 Rings: 4 rings

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
The Differences Between Earth and
Other Planets

16. EARTH CHARACTERISTICS MARS
12,756 KM HOW BIG ACROSS 6,800 KM
24 HOURS HOW LONG 1 DAY 24.5 HOURS
365,3 DAYS HOW LONG 1 YEAR 687 DAYS
149.6 MILLION KM AWAY DISTANCE FROM THE SUN 227.8 MILLION KM
1 MOON NUMBER OF MOON 2 MOONS
NO RINGS NUMBER OF RING NO RINGS
CONTAINS
78.09%NITROGEN,20.95%
OXYGEN, 0.93% ARGON,0.039%
CARBON DIOXIDE AND SMALL
AMOUNTS OF OTHER GASS. OUR
AIR ALSO CONTAINS A VARIABLE
AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR ON
AVERAGE AROUND 1%
THE ATMOSPHERE ALMOST ENTIRELY CONTAIN OF
CARBON DIOXIDE WITH LESS
AMOUNT OF NITROGEN
MORE OXYGEN IN IT’S
ATMOSPHERE
THE OXYGEN LESS OXYGEN IN IT’S
ATMOSPHERE
RAINS ACCORDING TO THE
PLACE/AREA ON EARTH AND
SEASON, HAVE WATER VAPOUR
IN IT’S ATMOSPHERE
THE WATER HAVE WATER VAPOR IN IT’S AIR
BUT SCIENTISTS NOT SURE IF IT
EVER RAINED
LOTS OF ANIMALS & PLANTS LIVING THINGS NO LIVING THINGS

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THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EARTH
AND MARS
 Both have no rings
 Both have oxygen
 Both have moon
 Both atmosphere contains carbon dioxide and water vapor,
also nitrogen

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WHY EARTH IS THE BEST PLANET TO
SUSTAIN HUMAN LIFE
 Earth is bigger compared to Mars, which means more room for
more people.
 Earth has lots of living things and it helps human a lot because
human needs food and we can eat living things like vegetables
and especially animals. Earth has some seasons and effects
the ecosystem for the plants and animals.
 We have plenty of water on Earth and it helps us do daily
things like showering and cooking. Water has many influences
in our life. It helps us sustain the plants and animals.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
 http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=236