We live on the third planet from the sun. If you were an astronaut lookingat earth from outer space you think that it is a big blue marble with some green spots.

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The blue represents water onearth. The green representsland. If you had 10 pennies, 3 penniesor 30% would be land and 7 pennies or70% would be water.

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The sun is a burning star. We get and heat from the sun.

Plants sun to make food. That’s called photosynthesis.

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The sun is larger than earth. It s earth from millions of milesaway.

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The sun is 92,955,807 miles away fromearth!

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Earth spins at a tilt. Earth’s tilt helpsmake seasons. Days are long and warm insummer when the earth tilts toward the sun.Days are short and cold in winter.

Every day of the year the equator receives about 12 hours of sun .g

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Earth has one moon. It is not a star so itdoes not make . It acts like a mirrorand reflects the from the sun.

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Sometime we see all of the moon. That iscalled a full moon. Sometimes we see onlypart of the moon. Sometimes the moonlooks The moon that is the pink is the big moon in 18 years.The moon that is was taken from aspaceship.

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The sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system is the Saturn. The surface of Saturn consists of rock and ice. Saturn has 62 moons.

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. It is the 4th br t thing or objectin the sky. Our sun, moon and, the planet Venus are br t Jupiter has63 moons.

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