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=The Planets = 1. You will be able to explore the depths of each of the eight planets by using the following link [] Click here to record your findings on a research grid [|Planet research grid.docx]. It may help if one partner investigates while the other records for four of the planets and then swap roles.

2. You might be wondering why you have only found eight planets and you always thought there were nine. [] by watching this video recording you will discover what happened to the ninth planet. Label and sketch what you imagine this 'ex planet' to look like and briefly outline what it is know defined as.

=The Sun = The Sun is one out of billions of stars. The Sun is the closest star to Earth. The Sunrotates once every 27 days. Without the Sun, Earth could not support life. The Sun gives off heat and light that the Earth needs to support life (us). The sun is the largest mass in our Solar System. It is the Sun that gives light to the Moon, the moon does not give off any light of it's own. The Moon reflects the Sun’s light. A star is the only body in space that emits its own light; everything else reflects light from the closest star.

= = =The Moon = = =

 The moon travels around the Earth in a circle, called an .........
=== The Moon takes about ......  days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth and return to its starting position. The Moon's orbit around the Earth is a slightly squashed circle called an .......... === ===The Moon is 4.5 .......  years old. The moon rises in the ........  and sets in the west. ===

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The moon orbits Earth at an average speed of 3683 kilometres per hour.
===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Moon travels at different speeds during different parts of its orbit. It moves slowest when it is at it's <span style="color: #e42121; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">....... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> distance from Earth. The Moon moves fastest in its orbit when it is <span style="color: #ed3b3b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.......... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to Earth. The surface of the moon has many things on it such as craters, lava plains, <span style="color: #d81818; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">....... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, and valleys. There is no <span style="color: #ce1c1c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">....... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> or weather on the moon. Footprints left on the Moon by astronauts will remain visible for at least 10 million years because there is no <span style="color: #e13737; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.......... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> on the Moon. ===  **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The moon rises and sets at specific times according to what <span style="color: #ea3434; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">......... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">it is in. ** Reference: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kindersley, D. (2009). //Moon-DK Eyewitness books//. USA: Dorling Kindersley Publishing.


 * <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Orbit || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">east || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">furthest || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">mountains || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">ellipse || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">phase ||
 * <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">wind || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">closest || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">27 || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">billion || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Apollo || <span style="background-color: #e1cde5; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">erosion ||

//<span style="color: #282886; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Moon cycle game… // The goal of the lunar cycle challenge is to drag moons to their places in lunar circles. There are three levels in the challenge, your level is to successfully complete all three levels. Good luck!

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