Universe by @teacher_sol_

Explorer of the Universe

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index

• Planets and ordinal numbers
• Vocabulary
• Adjectives
• Name of the planets and other places.
• Place description
• Video Edpuzzle (Listening) *Listen a minute
• Astronauts (Reading)
• People description
• Comic (Reading)

Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers

The Solar System

The Solar System is located in the Milky Way. The Sun is the centre of the Solar System. There are eight planets that orbit the Sun.

Put the planets in their correct places

The Solar System

The Solar System

The Solar System

Mercury

The planets are divided into rock or gas planets.Are you able to identify them? Between Mars and Jupiter there is an Asteroid belt.

Uranus

Neptune

Rock planet

The Earth

Gas planet

Venus

Jupiter

Saturn

Mars

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Vocabulary 1. Let's copy.

Vocabulary 1. Let's copy.

SOLAR SYSTEM A star and the objects that orbit it.

GALAXY A very large group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.

UNIVERSE Everything in space

ORBIT An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

CONSTELLATION One of 88 grouping of stars that make an imaginary picture.

STAR A bright, shining ball of gases such as Earth's sun, usually seen in the night sky.

Vocabulary 2. Let's copy.

Vocabulary 2. Let's copy.

VENUS It's the hottest planet in our solar system. It's covered in lava. At night, it looks like a bright star in the sky

SUN It's a very star. It gives us hot and light so it keeps plants and animals on Earth alive. It's the center of the Solar System

MERCURY The smallest and closest planet to the sun. It's similar in size to the moon.

MARS It looks reddish because there is a lot of iron in the rocks on the surface.

JUPITER It's the biggest planet in our Solar System, all other planets could fit inside it.

EARTH It's our home and the only planet known to support life. It's covered by oceans.

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Vocabulary 3. Let's copy.

NEPTUNE It's a gas giant. It takes 165 years to travel all the way around the sun.

SATURN It has thousand of rings that are made of icy rocks. It has at least 53 moons.

URANUS It's tilted and it spins sideways. It's the coldest planet. It has at least 27 moons.

ASTRONOMER A person who studies space.

MOON A natural object that orbits a planet.

TELESCOPE A piece of equipment, shaped like a tube, that makes far away things look closer.

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Vocabulary 4. Let's copy.

METEOR A chunk of space rock that burns as it travels though Earth's atmosphere; sometimes called a shooting star.

MOON PHASES The changing views of the moon as it orbits the earth.

ROCKET A powerful spacecraft that lifts astronauts, satellites and other equipment into space

GRAVITY The strong invisible force that pulls things to the center of a planet or star. I keeps things from floating off Earth into the sky.

DWARF PLANET A kind of small planet, including Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

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Vocabulary 5. Let's copy.

ATMOSPHERE The air surrounding a planet

ASTEROID BELT The area between Mars and Jupiter were many asteroids are found

ASTRONAUT A person who travels into space.

ALIEN A being from another world, an extreterrestrial.

UFO Unidentified Flying Object

Adjectives:The Earth

Underline the adjectives in the text

The Earth is a planet. It is near the Sun and it is far from Neptune. It is not too big, neither too small.It is medium size. It is not too cold, neither too hot. It is warm. As we know, It is the only planet to have living things.

Superlatives

Comparatives

Comparatives:The Earth

Underline the comparatives in the text. Is there a rule?

The Earth and Saturn are planets. The Earth is nearer to the Sun than Saturn and it is further from Neptune than Saturn. The Earth is smaller than Saturn and Saturn is bigger than the Earth. The Earth is warmer than Saturn and Saturn is hotter than the Earth. The Earth is more populated than Saturn.

Comparatives

Comparatives

Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms: good → better than bad → worse than far → farther/further than

Comparatives

Superlatives:The Solar System

Underline the superlatives in the text. Is there a rule?

The Earth is the best planet. Mercury is nearest planet to the Sun and it is the furthest planet from Neptune. Jupiter is the biggest planet and Venus is the smallest planet in the Solar System. Neptune is the coldest planet and Mercury is the hottest planet in the Solar System. The Earth is the most populated planet in the Solar System

Superlatives

Superlatives

It's not so used

Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms: good → the best bad → the worst far → the farthest/furthest

Superlatives

Activity:Write comparative/superlative sentences

Activity:Write comparative/superlative sentences

Planet Ripol

Planet Amadala

km from sun: 11 km temperature: 100ºC. No rain Geography: Very rocky with craters. No rivers, no plants. Food: No food, only solar energy Animals: Camels Houses: Undergrounds caves Travel: Fast sandboards People: Tall and thin with flat heads which are solar panels. Two fingers but many toes for sandboard gripping. Aluminium skin

km from sun: 700.000 km temperature: -20ºc Geography: Mountains and frozen lakes Food: Meat and fish Animals: Bears, huskies Houses: Ice palaces Travel: Slow sledges People: pointed heads, short hairy bodies, long flat feet for skiing

Answer

Answer

COMPARATIVE SENTENCES 1) Ripol is farther from the sun than Amadala. 2) Amadala is nearer to the sun than Ripol 3) Ripol is colder than Amadala 4) Amadala is hotter than Ripol 5) Ripol is more mountainous than Amadala 6) Amadala is flatter than Ripol 9) Ripol has more superficial houses than Amadala 10) Amadala has deeper houses than Ripol 11) Ripol has slower means of transport than Amadala 12) Amadala has faster means of transport than Ripol 13) Ripol is wetter than Amadala 14) Amadala is drier than Ripol 15) People in RIpol have hairier bodies than People in Amadala 16) People in Amadala have harder bodies than People in Ripol 17) People in Ripol have flatter fingers than people in Amadala 18) People in Amadala have flatter heads than people in Ripol 19) People in Ripol have more fingers than people in Amadala 20) People in Amadala have less fingers than people in Ripol

Answer

Answer

SUPERLATIVE SENTENCES 1) Ripol is the farthest planet from the sun. 2) Amadala is the nearest planet to the sun 3) Ripol is the coldest planet 4) Amadala is the hottest planet 5) Ripol is the most mountainous planet 6) Amadala is the flattest planet 7) Amadala has the deepest houses 8) Ripol has the slowest means of transport 9) Amadala has the fastest means of transport 10) Ripol is the wettest planet. 11) Amadala is the driest planet 12) People in Ripol have he hairiest bodies 13) People in Amadala have the hardest bodies 14) People in Ripol have the flattest fingers 15) People in Amadala have the flattest heads

Learn the places

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Place description:

Place description:

1.-Name of the place you visited: I have been in ...2.-Is it big or small? It is…… 3.- What are their measures? It is ____km long. Its diameter is___km long. 4.-Geography (mountains, desert, water, lakes, rivers, oceans, forest….) o There are… o There is… o There aren’t…. o There isn’t…. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 5.- How far is it from the Sun? It is_________ km from the Sun 6.- Near places. Example: Mars and The Earth are near it. 7.- Name of the galaxy: Example: The milky way is the Galaxy where it is located -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Place description:

Place description:

8.- Temperature and weather o The highest temperature is______ degrees o The lowest temperature is _______ degrees o In ... in summer/winter/autumn/spring it's... (sunny, windy, cloudy, foggy, rainy, snowy, stormy, hot, cold, warm, freezing) -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 9.- Animals o The most traditional animal in ____ is the_____. It is …… It has…. 10.- Food o The most popular dish in _______ is the______. The ingredients are….. 11.- Houses o The houses are…. 12.- Means of transport (travel) o The_____ is the most used mean of transport in ___ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 13.- People: (Later)

Activity:Read and answer

Activity:Read and answer

Activity:Read and answer

Activity:Read and answer

Answer the questions: 1) When did the first man travel to the outer space? 2) Who was the first man to travel to the outer space? 3) When did the first man walk on the moon? 4) Who was the first man to walk on the moon? 5) What are astronauts trained to do? 6) Is the space a dangerous or safe place for a human being? 7) What would happen if an astronaut did not wear the special suit?

1. Age:

Baby

Middle-aged

Young

People description

Old

2. Height:

Tall

Medium-height

Short

3. Build:

Plump

Well built

Slim

Fat

Thin

4. Skin:

People description

Greenish-skinned

Reddish-skinned

Dark-skinned

Pale-skinned

5. Face:

Square

Round

Long

Oval

6. Hair:

Dark/Brown/Black

Ginger

Red

Grey

Blonde

People description

Spiky

Bold (no hair)

Curly

Wavy

Straight

Moustache

Ponytail

Pigtails

Beard

7. Eyes:

Blue, brown,green, grey...

Wears glasses

Small eyes

Big eyes

Oval eyes

People description

8. Nose:

Long

Hooked

Straight

Small

9. Lips:

Thin lips

Curved lips

Full lips

People description

10. Mouth

Large mouth

Small mouth

11. Ears:

Large

Small

People description:

People description:

People description:

People description:

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