THE SUN, EARTH AND MOON

SUN

1. The Sun is a star and not a planet.
2. The Sun is located at the centre of the Solar System.
3. The Sun is the closest star to the Earth.
4. The Sun looks bigger and brighter than all the other stars becouse it is the closest star to the Earth.
5. The Sun is very hot. It is a glowing ball of gas. 
6. The diameter of the Sun is about 1400000 kilometres.
7. This is about 100 times the size of the Earth.
8. The circumference of the Sun about 400 times bigger than the circumference of tha Earth.
9. The Sun is about 15 000 000 kilometres away from the Earth.
10. The distance of the Sun from the Earth is 400 times the distance of the Earth from the Moon.

 

EARTH 

1. The Earth is in the shape of a sphere.
2. Its diameter is about 12 760 kilometres.
3. Its circumferences is about 40 000 kilometres.
4. The air surrounding the Earth is called the atmosphere.
5. The part of the Earth covered with water is called the hydrosphere.
6. About 70% of the Earth is covered by the hydrosphere. This includes the lakes, oceans and rivers.
7. The weight of an object is affected by the pull of the Earth's gravity on the object.

 MOON

1. The Moon is smaller than the Earth. It is also in the shape of a sphere..
2. The Moon is about 50 times smaller than the Earth.
3. Its diameter is about 1/4 that of the Earth.
4. The Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth.
5. The Moon has no atmosphere and no water too.
6. Therefore, no living things can be found on the Moon.
7. Moon has no atmosphere, it extremely quiet, since no sound can travel through a vacuum.
8. The surface of the Moon has many huge craters up to handreds of kilometres wide.