Bilingual units / Natural Science / Unit 2

                                             

➢    THE SUN :

Is a celestial body, is a star

The Sun gives light and heat

➢    THE EARTH :

Is a planet

The Earth is like a ball

From space our planet looks mostly blue

the Earth moves

➢    PLANETS

 Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

➢    THE SEASONS

Spring, summer, autumn and winter

➢    THE MOON

Is a satelite

is a non-luminous body

              

THE EARTH: A DIFFERENTE PLANET

1.                  THE ATMOSPHERE

It is mostly air, but also water, clouds, dust, pollen

Ø    Upper part: contains very little air

Ø    Lower part:  contains the most air, is where atmospheric phenomena occurs  (wind, snow, clouds..)

1.                  HYDROSPHERE

It is all the water we can find in our planet, includind surface water and ground water

We can find water in three states: solid, liquid and gaseous.

2.                  REPRESENTING EARTH

•         A globe shows: Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Poles 

•         Types of maps: physical maps ( rivers, desserts, mountains, lakes..) and political maps ( countries and provincies)

•         Cardinal points: North, South, East and  West

The Sun rise in the East, the Sun rises in the West