Earth Sun and Moon

1. Earth is the only planet
in the solar system with
water
Earth is the only
planet that has
earthquakes and
volcanoes

2. The sun is the closest
star to the earth
Without the sun there
would be no life on
earth
The sun is the largest
thing in our solar
system
The Sun appears to
have been active for 4.6
billion years

3. The Moon takes about
27 days (27 days, 7
hours, 43 minutes, 11.6
seconds) to go all the
way around the Earth
and return to its starting
position.

4. 2006 Turkey Solar Eclipse

5. How a Solar Eclipse
is formed
When the moon covers the sun it forms a
Solar Eclipse

6. The earth is the 5th biggest planet
in our solar system
Earth is the only planet with life that
we know of.
Earth is 70.8% Water and 29.2%
Land
Earths distance from the sun is 93
million miles

7. Earths moon is called Lunar
When Alan Sheppard was on the
moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it
2,400 feet, nearly one half a mile.
The moon is not a planet, but a
satellite of the Earth.

8. The sun is made of burning hot gas
Our sun has an expected lifetime of
about 11 billion years.
No solar eclipse can last longer than 7
minutes 58 seconds because of the
speed at which the sun moves.

9. Created by Logan Thompson