The document provides an overview of the sun, moon, and earth, detailing their distances from each other, temperatures, and whether they can support life. The sun, located 93 million miles away, is too hot and lacks necessary elements for life, while the earth, known as the 'blue planet,' supports life due to its water and oxygen content. The moon, 250,000 miles from earth, also cannot support life but affects earth's tides and can be visited by astronauts.

1. THE SUN, MOON,
AND EARTH
HOW FAR AWAY ARE THEY?
CAN THEY SUPPORT LIFE?

2. THE SUN
• Really BIG star
• Burning ball of gases
• Gives life to Earth
• Planets revolve around
the sun

3. SUN FACTS
• Temperature: 9,932
degrees F
• Contains Hydrogen and
Helium
• 1 Million Earths could fit
inside!

4. DISTANCE
• Light takes 8 minutes to
reach Earth
• 117 years to Drive
• 19 years to fly
• Distance from Earth:
93,205,679 Miles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light#mediaviewer/File:Earth_to_Sun_-_en.png

5. CAN THE SUN SUPPORT LIFE?
• NO!
• TOO hot
• No water
• No Oxygen
• Only Hydrogen and
Helium
• *why haven't we
visited?

6. THE EARTH
• Known as the ‘Blue
Planet’
• 70% covered in water
• Temperature: -125 130
• Circular or flat?

7. ORBIT AND ROTATION
•1 year to “orbit” the
sun
•1 day is created by
rotation
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ames-big-blue-marble-storybook-text_prt.htm

8. EARTH FACTS
• Temperature: 61 F
• Contains oxygen
• Earths speed: 67,000
mph
• Gravity
-like a magnet
-pulls everything to it

9. CAN EARTH SUPPORT LIFE?
• YES!
• Only planet with
water
• Lots of Oxygen
• Only planet that has
life

10. THE MOON
• Creates tides
• Has mountains
• Craters
-created by comets

11. MOON FACTS
• Temperature in day: 225 F
• Temperature at night: -307 F
• Contains Hydrogen and
Helium
• 50 moons could fit inside
Earth

12. DISTANCE
•The moon is 250,000 miles away
•1 year to drive
•3-weeks to fly

13. MOONS GRAVITY
•Less gravity than
Earth
•Your weight on the
moon: weight/6
•Neil Armstrong

14. CAN THE MOON SUPPORT LIFE?
• NO!
• Too hot/ too cold
• No Oxygen
• No water
• Why can Astronauts visit?

15. TOTAL DISTANCES
• Sun from Earth: 93,205,679
miles away
• Moon from Earth: 250,000
miles away

16. BIG DIFFERENCES
•Temperature
•Gasses in the air
•Contains water?

17. SOURCES
• NASA, “Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun” August 31, 2012 via Wikipedia, Creative
Commons Attribution.
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Commons, Public Domain.
• Arnomane, “The Sun is a Natural Fusion Reactor” February 25, 2015 via Wikipedia, Public
Domain.
• NASA, “Earth Viewed by Apollo 8” November 27, 2008 via Earth Observatory, Public Domain.
• NASA, “It Takes the Earth One Year to go Around the Sun” April 9, 2009 via NASA, Public
Domain.
• Richard Peters, “The Mad Scientist” June 1, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

18. SOURCES
• Luciano Mendez, “Rendering of a Hypothetical Large Extrasolar Moon with Surface Liquid-Water
Oceans” February 11, 2011 via Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike.
• Gregory H. Revera, “Full Moon” October 22, 2010 via Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike.
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Attribution.
• NASA, “Apollo 11” August 5, 2011 via NASA, Public Domain.
• NASA, “U.S. Astronaut Bruce McCandless Uses a Manned Maneuvering Unit” February 7, 1984 via
Wikipedia, Public Domain.
• Maissa Azab “The Apparent Sizes of the Sun and the Earth in the Sky of the Moon” March 29, 2006 via
Bibalex, Public Domain.

19. SOURCES
• Jones, Chris, and Carolyn Collins Petersen. "Sun Facts." Space Facts. Marines,
2015. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
• Jones, Chris, and Carolyn Collins Peterson. "Moon Facts." Space Facts.
Marines, 2015. Web. 25 Feb. 2015. <http://space-facts.com/the-moon/>.