Sun, Earth, and
the moon
By : Krithika and Sunshine
SUN facts
• The sun is about 1,392,000 kilometers in
diameter .
• The sun is mainly made of hydrogen and
helium.
• It is about 5505 degrees celcius on the
surface of the sun.
• It take different times for different parts of
the sun to rotate.
Sunspots and Solar Flares
• A solar flare is caused when hydrogen
smashes together, which is a quick increase in
brightness, and creates helium.
• Hydrogen and helium are the two main gasses
on the sun.
• Sunspots are areas on the sun that are darker
and cooler than other areas.
Axis
• Yes, the Sun, Earth, and Moon do have
their own axis.
• The time it takes for the Sun to rotate
on its axis is about 30 days.
• The Earth takes 24 hours for it to spin on
its axis.
• For the Moon, it is about 27 days on
Earth.
Moon Facts
• The diameter of the moon is 3474
kilometers.
• There are many landforms on the
moon . Some of them are :
highlands, maria ( dark spots ),
craters, lava flow, volcanoes, and
many others.
• Since the Moon has no atmosphere,
the normal daytime temperature on
the Moon is 110 degrees celcius and
280 degrees farenheit.
Gravity
Earth gravity
Moon gravity
120 pounds
20 pounds
The gravity on the moon is
six times less than on the
Earth.
Speaking of gravity….
• The tides on Earth are caused by the Moon’s
gravitational pull on the Earth’s waters.
• In fact, there is some water on the Moon! But
the water is frozen. There are millions of
gallons of ice on the Moon.
• Since it takes the Moon 29.5 days for the
Moon to revolve around the Earth, and 27
days to rotate on its axis ,we can only see one
side of the Moon.
Earth Landforms
There are a lot of landforms on Earth.
Archipelago, basin, bay, canyon , cliff, coast, desert,
fjord, forest, gulf, hill, island, lake , mountain,
ocean, plain, prairie , river, swamp, valley, volcano,
waterfall, craters
Wind And Water
• There are about 326 million trillion gallons of
water on the Earth.
• Water on the Earth also helps out with a lot of
weathering and erosion.
• Weat
Weathering and Erosion
• Weathering is when water freezes
and thaws which causes the surface
the water freezes on to wear down.
• Erosion is when water or wind rubs
down on a substance and takes
particles with it.
• There are many places on the Earth
with weathering and erosion.
Planet Earth
• On the Earth, the average summer
temperature is about 25 degrees celcius.
The Earth is 7926 miles in diameter(12756
kilometers).
It takes the Earth 365.25 days to rotate around
the Sun.
THE END!!!!