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Geography and Nature
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Geography
Weather
Space
Animals
Plants
Natural disasters, climate
Environment
What is: volcano, beach, island, estuary, oasis, dezert, meadow,
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Name the terms again
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The EARTH and SPACE
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The Solar system, The Milky Way
WHAT is this
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astronaut
Mars
Moon
Solar system
Space shuttle
Sun
Halleyś comet
Dwarf planet
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Astronaut: An astronaut (also known as cosmonaut) is someone trained to be a crew member of a spacecraft.
While the word astronaut usually refers to space travel professionals it can also include normal people who have
the privilege of traveling into space.
Comet: A comet is a relatively small solar system body that orbits the sun. When close enough to the Sun they
display a visible coma (a fuzzy outline or atmosphere due to solar radiation) and sometimes a tail.
Dwarf planet: An object orbiting the Sun that is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity but is not
gravitationally dominant in its orbital area and is not a moon. There are currently five recognized dwarf planets:
Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake & Haumea.
Earth: Earth is the fifth largest planet in the Solar System and third from the Sun. It was formed around four and a
half billion years ago and is the only place in the Universe where life is known to exist.
Galaxy: A galaxy is a large group of stars, dust, gas and dark matter held together by gravity. They vary in size
with some containing millions of stars while others could contain as many as a trillion. They can also form in
different shapes such as elliptical galaxies and spiral galaxies.
Halley’s Comet: Halley’s Comet (or Comet Halley as it is also known) is the most well known comet in the Solar
System. It orbits the Sun and can be seen with the naked eye from Earth around every 75 years, returning for its
next visit sometime in 2061.
Jupiter: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It features the famous ‘Red Spot’ and a large number of
orbiting moons.
Mars: Mars, or the 'Red Planet' as it is sometimes known, is the fourth planet from the Sun. It features a dusty,
rocky surface, relatively calm conditions and a thin atmosphere.
Mercury: Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun in the Solar System. As well as being very hot, it features a
barren, crater covered surface which looks similar to the Moon.
Meteor: A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere is known as a meteor. If you’ve
ever looked up at the sky at night and seen a streak of light or ‘shooting star’ what you are actually seeing is a
meteor.
Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives falling through the Earth’s atmosphere and colliding with the Earth’ surface is
known as a meteorite.
Meteoroid: A meteoroid is a small rock or particle of debris in our solar system. They range in size from dust to
around 10 metres in diameter (larger objects are usually referred to as asteroids).
Milky Way: The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy where our Solar System and Earth are located.
•Moon: The Moon is a natural satellite which orbits the Earth. It is around a quarter the size of Earth and
can be easily seen in the night sky. While other planets in the Solar System have ‘moons’, they are
usually referred to by name, such as Jupiter’s Ganymede, or as natural satellites.
•Neptune: Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and is nearly four times the size of Earth. It
features strong winds and violent weather.
•Planet: A planet is an object orbiting a star that is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity. It is
also gravitationally dominant in its orbital area but not large enough to cause thermonuclear fusion (like
stars do). There are eight planets in the Solar System.
•Pluto: Pluto was the furthest planet from the Sun until it was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in
2006.
•Saturn: Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system, the sixth planet from the Sun and
features an impressive system of rings.
•Small Solar System Body: Objects that orbit the Sun but aren’t planets or dwarf planets are known as
small solar system bodies, these include comets, asteroids and other small bodies.
•Solar System: The solar system includes the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it due to its
gravity, including Earth.
•Star: A star is a huge, bright ball of burning gas that is held together by gravity. Stars contain mostly
hydrogen as well as helium and smaller amounts of other elements. The Sun is the closest star to Earth.
•Sun: The Sun is a star and the biggest object in the Solar System, it burns brightly in the center as
planets and other objects orbit around it. It has a diameter around 110 times bigger than the Earth’s and
is located around 150 million kilometres (93 million miles) away.
•Universe: The Universe is made up of everything that exists, including planets, stars, galaxies and all
forms of matter and energy.
•Uranus: Uranus is the third largest planet in the Solar System and seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus
rolls like a barrel rather than spinning like Earth and was the first planet discovered by telescope.
•Venus: Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun. It is similar in size to Earth and features thick a
thick atmosphere which locks in heat as the surface rages with active volcanoes.
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NATURE
• A comunity of interacting living organisms and
inanimate nature
• Balance of nature
• Ecosystems, habitats
• P.40/3
• Environmental problems
• Weather changes, natural disasters (p.36-37)
PLANTS and ANIMALS
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Parts of a plant
examples of trees and plants
activities when gardening
Parts of animals
domestic animals
wildlife animals
animals at the zoo
What SEASONS do you know
• http://www.slideshare.net/guestde10475/classr
oom-weather-unit-powerpoint
• Your favourite seasons
• Activites
• Clothes
• Weather
• Nature
Do you know the WEATHER
vocabulary?
shower, drizzle, downpour, overcast,
sunshine, temperature, blizzard, storm –
thunder, flash of lightening, windstorm,
gale, hurricane, tornado, mist, fog, haze,
hail, frost, slush, sleet, rainbow, sultry
weather, thaw/melt, snowflake, dew, mud,
icy and slippery roads, hoarfrost, snowdrift
icicle,
Weather forecast
EXTREME WEATHER
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s_X44Dr
BTA
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
• Are natural disasters related to environmental
changes?
• How are the people destroying our planet?
• What is the greenhouse effect?
• alternative sources of energy
• recycling
• endangered species
What can we do?
Describe these pictures