UNIT5 / ARE WE ALONE?

By Teacher Na3im
SEQUENCE TWO / READ AND CONSIDER. P142. January 2020

MAIN IDEAS.
 Astronomy is a science while astrology is a belief.
 Our planet is part of the solar system.
 The solar system moves as a single unit in the same direction.
 Several heavenly bodies make up our solar system. From smallest to largest:
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RELATED VOCABULARY.
Verb Noun Adjective
To move Movement Movable
To differ Difference Different
To suppose Supposition Supposable / ed
To revolve Revolution Revolving

Text study2 p 143.

Part I. §§ 1,2 and 3.

1-Are the following sentences true or false in the text?

a-Asteroids are smaller than meteors.
b-Planets and satellites are the only elements in the solar system.
c-These heavenly bodies go in opposing directions.

2-Answer the following questions according to the text. ( A, B and C p142 )

3-In which paragraph are the heavenly bodies listed?.

4-What or who do the words in bold refer to in the text?

-If you were… §1
-There would be…§2
-…that they were moving…§3

5-Copy the right answer. The text is: a-Descriptive. b-Argumentative. c-Expository.

Part II. §§4, 5 and6. P144

1-Are the following sentences true or false in the text?

a-The Sun is the biggest star in the universe.
b-Without the Sun’s light the other plants wouldn’t appear to us.
c-More distant planets go faster.

2-Fill in the following table with information from the text.

Heavenly body Distance Weight Composition Temperatures
The Sun

3- Answer the following questions according to the text. ( D and E p142 )

GRAMMAR EXPLORER I. P145 By Teacher Na3im
January 2020
Comparatives.

comparetives Adjectives Adverbs

They are far more remote from us More distant planets have larger
than any other heavenly body. orbits and travel far more
Superiority -More distant planets have larger slowly.
orbits
More distant planets have larger
Equality As + adjective + as orbits and don’t travel as
quickly as the ones which are
close to the sun.
Moving around some of the planets
are smaller balls … More distant planets have larger
Inferiority -You might also catch a glimpse of orbits and travel less quickly.
swarms of even smaller particles…
-Their light is less intense than that of
the sun.

GRAMMAR EXPLORER II. P146

Similarities and differences.

... ‘all travelling in the same direction’

Similarity. -Like the Sun, the other stars give off their own light.

-Compared with the other stars, the sun is of average size.

Difference. -The planets of the solar system are different from the distant stars.
-Unlike stars, which shine with their own light, the planets give off no light of their own.
-Jupiter, for example, takes more than eleven Earth years to make one complete revolution
around the sun while Earth makes its path around the Sun in just 365 ¼ days….

Task: Use the following notes to compare and contrast Earth and Venus.

Facts Earth Venus

-Position -Third planet from the Sun. -Second-closest planet to the Sun.
-Surface -510,072,000 km² -4.60 × 108 km²
-Orbit speed -29.783 km/s 107,218 km/h -29.783 km/s 107,218 km/h
-Satellites -1 (the Moon) -None
-Sunrise direction -Sun rises in the east and sets in -Sun rises in the west and sets in the
the west. east.
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January 2020

Think, pair, share. P149.

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid collided with Earth. The consequences were disastrous.
What would happen if a similar body crossed our planet’s path again?
Use the following notes to write your scenario of that day! ( about 70 words )

 Violent impact / cause crater.

 Volcanic eruptions everywhere.
 Tsunami / flooding / earthquakes.
 Climate change / great freeze.
 Extiction of life.

You certainly have become familiar with’The Seven Steps for writing in an exam situation’.
These should have bacome automatic to you by now.

 What am I going to write? ( form and content )

 Study the notes / transform the notes into sentences.
 Correct my sentences.
 Decide on appropriate link words.
 Write a draft. Use the first sentence of the task statement as an introduction.
 Correct the draft and think of a concluding sentence.
 Write the final version. ( mind handwriting and punctuation )