Transcript Erica
The Moon, Earth, and Sun
By: Erica Dawson
Sun
The sun’s size is 432,474
miles. It has an atmosphere
made of Cromosphere and
Corona.
Do you know what sunspots
are? Sunspots are areas on
the sun that are black.
Sunspots are actually cooler
than the rest of the sun
Solar flares are brief
eruptions of intense
high-energy radiation
from the suns surface.
High Temp.= 27,000,000 degrees F.
Low Temp.=7,300 degrees F.
High Temp.=15,000,000 degrees C.
Low Temp.=4,000 degrees C.
The earth’s size is 3,959
miles around
Some of earths
landforms are…
Plateaus and
Mountains
The amount of
time it takes for
the earth to go
around the sun 1
time is 365 days
The Sun and Earth
Comparison
While the earth takes 24hrs to rotate on its axis…
The sun takes 26.6 days to rotate on its axis
About 1 million earths can fit in to the sun
No suns can fit into the earth
Water
¾ of the earths surface is covered in
water
The moon has no liquid water but 220
pounds of ice
There is no water on the sun
Craters and Landforms
The moon has so many craters and
landforms because when meteorites and
spaceships land or hit it it has no
atmosphere to protect it therefore it has
holes aka craters.
The sun has only sunspots.
The earth has mountains, valleys, and plains
Atmosphere
The earth has an atmosphere
and therefore we have very
little craters
The moon has an atmosphere
but the atmosphere is very thin
Gravity
The moon has 1/3 of the gravity on
earth
The earth has gravity and enough
for us to live on the earth
The sun has enough gravity to hold
the 8 planets in orbit
Videos
Click here for moon clip
Click here for sun clip
Click here for earth clip
Thanks for watching
By: Erica Dawson in Ms. Simon’s 5th grade class