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WH AT IS
UNIV ER SE
THE UNIVERSE IS
EVERYTHING WE
CAN TOUCH,
FEEL, SENSE,
MEASURE OR
DETECT. IT
INCLUDES LIVING
THINGS,
PLANETS, STARS,
GALAXIES, DUST
CLOUDS, LIGHT,
AND EVEN TIME.
... THE UNIVERSE
CONTAINS
BPLACE
I L L QUESTION
IONS OF
STICKER HERE
GALAXIES, EACH
CONTAINING
MILLIONS OR
BILLIONS OF
STARS
WH AT is
GAL AXy
A GALAXY IS A
GROUP OF
STARS, CLOUDS
OF GAS, AND
DUST PARTICLES
THAT MOVE
TOGETHER
THROUGH THE
UNIVERSE. ...
THEY PROBABLY
FORMED
BILLIONS OF
YEARS AGO,
SOON AFTER THE
UNIVERSE
BEGAN. THE SUN,
EARTH, AND THE
OTHER PLANETS
OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM ARE
PART OF THE
MILKY WAY
GALAXY.
what a re
st ar s
STARS ARE GIANT
SPHERES OF
SUPERHOT GAS
MADE UP MOSTLY
OF HYDROGEN
AND HELIUM.
STARS GET SO
HOT BY BURNING
HYDROGEN INTO
HELIUM IN A
PROCESS CALLED
NUCLEAR
FUSION. THIS IS
WHAT MAKES
THEM SO HOT
AND BRIGHT.
OUR SUN IS A
STAR
WHAT ar e
PLANE TS
A PLANET IS A
LARGE OBJECT
SUCH AS VENUS OR
EARTH THAT
ORBITS A STAR.
PLANETS ARE
SMALLER THAN
STARS, AND THEY
DO NOT PRODUCE
LIGHT. JUPITER IS
THE BIGGEST
PLANET IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
PLANETS ARE
SHAPED LIKE A
SLIGHTLY
SQUASHED BALL
(CALLED A
SPHEROID).
 HO W m a n y
plan et s A RE
TH ER E
THE ORDER OF THE
PLANETS IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM,
STARTING NEAREST
THE SUN AND
WORKING OUTWARD
IS THE FOLLOWING:
MERCURY, VENUS,
EARTH, MARS,
JUPITER, SATURN,
URANUS, NEPTUNE
AND THEN THE
POSSIBLE PLANET
NINE. IF YOU INSIST
ON INCLUDING
PLUTO, IT WOULD
COME AFTER
NEPTUNE ON THE
LIST.
WH A T IS
ROTAT IO N
IT SPINS AND IT
MOVES AROUND
THE SUN. THE
SPINNING OF THE
EARTH IS CALLED
ROTATION. IT
TAKES THE
EARTH ABOUT 24
HOURS, OR ONE
DAY, TO MAKE
ONE COMPLETE
ROTATION.
DURING THIS
PROCESS DAY
AND NIGHT
OCCURS IN
EARTH.
 wh a t I S
REVOLU TI ON
AT THE SAME
TIME, THE EARTH
IS MOVING
AROUND THE
SUN. THIS IS
CALLED A
REVOLUTION. IT
TAKES A LITTLE
OVER 365 DAYS,
OR ONE YEAR,
FOR THE EARTH
TO MAKE ONE
FULL
REVOLUTION
AROUND THE
SUN.DURING THIS
PROCESS
SEASONS OCCUR
IN EARTH
 WH AT IS
METE ORI TE
SMALL CHUNKS OF
ROCK THAT TRAVEL
THROUGH SPACE
ARE KNOWN AS
METEOROIDS. IF
THEY ENTER A
PLANET'S
ATMOSPHERE AND
BURN UP, THEY ARE
THEN SEEN AS
METEORS.
SOMETIMES LARGER
PIECES OF ROCK
SURVIVE LONG
ENOUGH TO CRASH
INTO A PLANET'S
SURFACE. SPACE
ROCKS ON THE
EARTH'S SURFACE
ARE KNOWN AS
METEORITES
wha t A RE
met e or
METEORS (OFTEN CALLED
“SHOOTING STARS”) ARE
VERY COMMON SIGHTS.
ANYONE WHO STARES AT
A CLEAR NIGHT SKY WILL
EVENTUALLY SEE THESE
BRIEF TRAILS OF LIGHT.
METEORS ARE CAUSED BY
METEORITES ENTERING
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
AT SPEEDS OF AROUND 15
KM/S! METEOR TRAILS
USUALLY LAST FOR LESS
THAN A SECOND.
FRICTION WITH THE THIN
AIR AT AN ALTITUDE OF
ABOUT 100 KM CAUSES
METEORITES TO GLOW AS
THEY ARE HEATED AND
THEN DESTROYED.
 wha t ar e
met eor SH OW ER
METEORS CAN BE
SEEN AT ANY TIME,
BUT THE BEST TIME
TO LOOK FOR THEM IS
DURING PERIODIC
SHOWERS. SUCH
SHOWERS APPEAR
AROUND THE SAME
DATES EACH YEAR,
WHEN EARTH PASSES
THROUGH A STREAM
OF DUST LEFT
BEHIND BY A
PASSING COMET.
wh at IS
com et s
COMET IS A SMALL
CHUNK OF DUST AND
ICE THAT ORBITS, OR
TRAVELS AROUND,
THE SUN. IT IS
SOMETIMES
DESCRIBED AS A
“DIRTY SNOWBALL.”
THERE ARE BILLIONS
OF COMETS IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM, BUT
MOST NEVER PASS
CLOSE BY EARTH. THE
BEST-KNOWN COMET
IS CALLED HALLEY'S
COMET. IT CAN BE
SEEN FROM EARTH
ABOUT EVERY 76
YEARS
wha t a re
SATEL LIT ES
A SATELLITE IS A
SMALL OBJECT THAT
ORBITS, OR REVOLVES
AROUND, A LARGER
OBJECT IN SPACE.
SATELLITES CAN BE
NATURAL OR
ARTIFICIAL (MADE BY
PEOPLE). ...
ARTIFICIAL
SATELLITES ARE SENT
INTO SPACE TO
GATHER
INFORMATION. MOST
ARE LAUNCHED INTO
SPACE BY ROCKETS.
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