1. GALAXIES
 A galaxy contains
stars gas and dust
which are held
together as a group
by gravity.
 There are billions of
stars in one galaxy.

2. THE MILKY WAY
• Our galaxy is called
the Milky Way galaxy.
• There are over 100
billions stars in the
Milky Way galaxy.

3. IRREGULAR GALAXIES
 Some galaxies are
called eliptical.
 A galaxy may be
called “irregular” if it
doesn`t really have a
shape.

4. SOLAR SYSTEM I
Our solar system consits of the
sun, eight planets and a dwarf
planet (and their moons, an
asteroid belt , and many
comets an meteors.

5. SOLAR SYSTEM II
• The sun is the center of our
solar system. The planets, their
moons and other rocks and gas
all orbit the sun.

6. SOLAR SYSTEM III
• The planets that orbit the sun
are ( in order from the sun ) :
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and
Jupiter (the biggest planet in
our Solar System), Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

7. THE SUN
• Galaxies are
labelled
according to
their shape.
• Our sun is a star
in one of the
galaxy’s arms.

8. THE PLANETS
• The planets that
orbit the sun.
• There are eight
planets:Mercury,
Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune.
• They can be
inners or outers.

9. OUTER PLANETS
• There are 4
outer
planets:Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune.
• The outer
planets (those
planets that
orbit far from
the sun).

10. INNER PLANETS
• There are 4
planets:Mercury,
Venus, Earth
and Mars.
The inner
planets (those
planets that
orbit close to
the sun) are a
quite different
from the sun.

11. LIGHT YEARS
 The distance across
galaxies is usually very
big, it con be many
light-years.
 A light-year is the
distance light travels in
one year.

12. SIGNS OF THE
ZODIAC
• T he Eg yptian Gr eek zodiak is
still used in many par ts of
the wor ld today. It has its
r oots in the actient cultur es
of the Mediter r anean ar ea,
Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

13. The signs of the zodiac
• The sings have the Latin names
given by the Romans. They are
based on characters from
Ancient Greek myths.

14. The signs of the zodiac
Scorpio: This poisonous creature
was sent by the gods to kill the
Greek hero Orion, the mighty
hunter, after he had boasted
that he could kill any living
thing.

15. A constellation is
a grouping of
stars which
have been given
names by
ancient
astronomers
because of the
way they look.

16. DRACO
• This
constellation is
best seen during
the summer
months.

17. URSA MAJOR
• Ursa Major, The
Great Bear, is
one of the best
known
constellations,
especially its
seven stars that
make up the Big
Dipper or the
plough.

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presentation.
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