Spotlight 11 Module 6 a Solar System

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  The solar system
  What do you know about it?
  

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  Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
  You could fit more than 1 million Earths into the Sun.
  Mercury has two moons.
  Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System.
  Venus is the brightest object in the night sky.
  Mars is known as the Red Planet.
  The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
  Jupiter has no moons.
  Saturn’s famous rings are made from ice, rocks and dust.
  Uranus spins on its side.
  Neptune goes around the sun faster than the Earth.
  There are 6 planets in our solar system.
  
  Our Solar System – True or False?
   
  

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  Check the answers
  True
  True
  False – zero moons
  True
  False – 2nd brightest after the moon
  True
  True
  False – it has 67 moons
  True
  True
  False – it takes over 164 earth-years for Neptune to complete one orbit of the Sun.
  False – 8 planets (+ Pluto = dwarf planet)
  
  

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  Vocabulary
  The Solar system- Солнечная система
  The Earth - Земля
  The Moon- Луна
  Galaxy- Галактика
  Satellite – спутник
  Comet – комета
  Milky way- Млечный путь
  The human race – человеческая раса
  Alien- пришелец
  
  
  
  

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  Hello!
  Is anybody out there?
  

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  All the planets in solar system are 4.5 billion years old
  Jupiter has 63 moons.
  The stars in the Milky Way ,the galaxy to which the sun belongs, number in hundreds of billions.
  The gas tail of a comet always points away from the sun.
  The first communications satellite orbited the earth every 2 hours and 37 minutes.
  
  
  
  
  Listen and check
  

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  Imagine you are in spaceship.
  What can you see and how do you feel?
  

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  Do you believe that aliens exist?
  What do you think are they like ? How do they look like?
  Our mission is to explore, understand, and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe, and to apply the knowledge gained to inspire and guide present and future generations. We have a passion for discovery, and for sharing knowledge as scientific ambassadors to the public, the press, and the government.
  SETI mission
  

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  Match the halves
  abducted 
  at some point
  point out 
  convinced 
  intentionally 
  face the fact 
  sit around 
  shred 
  go on
  accept
  small amount
  at a particular time
  draw attention to the fact
  wait doing nothing
  absolutely sure
  on purpose
  continue
  taken away
  
  

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  The words in bold
  grains of sand: tiny pieces of rock-like substance usually found on beaches
  hunt: search
  sweeping the skies: moving across all the area above the Earth searching for something
  military broadcast: signal from army/navy/air-force
  civilizations: societies in an advanced stage of development
  all the same: But, Nevertheless, Even so
  the human race: all the people of the world considered as a species
  analyze: examine in detail
  convincing: persuasive
  
  

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