The document describes key features of Earth and its place in the universe. It notes that Earth is a rocky planet with an atmosphere containing oxygen, an average temperature of 15°C, and a water cycle. It orbits the Sun in an elliptical revolution taking 365 days, which causes the seasons, and rotates on its axis in 24 hours causing day and night. The Earth has spheres including the geosphere of crust, mantle and core, hydrosphere of water, atmosphere of air, and biosphere of life. The Moon orbits Earth every 28 days, causing tides, and eclipses can occur when the Moon blocks the Sun or Earth blocks the Sun.

1. OUR PLANET, THE EARTH

2. The Earth’s Features
• It is a rocky planet.
• Its atmosphere contains oxygen.
• Its average temperature is 15 ºC.
• Water: solid, liquid, gas: water cycle.
• A natural satellite: The Moon  produces
tides.
• Life exists.

3. THE EARTH IN THE UNIVERSE
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Geocentric Model
• The Earth is at the centre of
the Universe.
• Proposed by ancient
civilizations.
• Remained until 16th
century.
Heliocentric Model
• The Sun is at the centre of
the Universe.
• Proposed by Copernicous,
Kepler and Galileo Galilei
(*).

6. Rotation
Revolution
MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH

7. Rotation Movement
• Is the spinning of
the Earth on its axis.
• The time for one
rotation is 24 hours.
• The speed of
rotation is about
1.700 Km/h at the
Equator.

8. Rotation consequences
Day and Night
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9. Revolution Movement
• It is our planet’s movement around the Sun.
• It describes an eliptical orbit.
• It takes 365 days to complete a revolution.

10. Revolution consequences
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March 20th
The Seasons
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11. THE EARTH’S SPHERES

12. GEOSPHERE
• Is the solid (rocky) part of Earth.
• We can distinguish three parts in it:
– Crust.
– Mantle.
– Core.

13. HIDROSPHERE
• Is all the water on, under and above the Earth:
– Solid (ice).
– Gas (water vapour).
– Liquid: salty / fresh.

14. ATMOSPHERE
• The layer of air which sorrounds the Earth.
– It contains the oxygen we breath.
– It blocks dangerous solar radiations: UV.
– It keeps an adequated temperature for life.

15. BIOSPHERE
• All the living things which inhabit the Earth.

16. THE MOON

17. • It is our only natural satellite.
• It was formed at the same time than the Earth.
• It rotates (its day takes 29 terrestrial days).
• It orbits the Earth at 3.680 Km/h.
• It takes about 28 days to orbit the Earth.
• It has no atmosphere, so it suffers lots of meteorites
impacts, which can form craters.

18. Las Fases de la Luna
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19. ECLIPSES
• Sometimes during their orbits, the Moon and
the Earth form a line with the Sun. When this
happens, an eclipse occurs.

20. LUNAR ECLIPSE
It happens when the Earth moves between the
Sun and the moon, blocking part of the Sun's
light from reaching the moon.
So, we will see the Earth's shadow on the moon.

21. SOLAR ECLIPSE
It happens when the Moon moves between the
Earth and the Sun. So, part of the Sun's light is
blocked.
When the moon and Sun are in a perfect line, it
is called a Total Eclipse.