Physics Presentation Abdallah Mnana & Yussef Mzee (text to slides)

Slide 1 (The Solar System): Abdallah

Introduction
Slide 2 (Summary): Yussef
What we are going to present
Slide 3 (What is the Solar System?): Abdallah
Our Solar System is a collection of celestial bodies that orbit around our sun.
These bodies are Asteroids, Comets and Planets. And around these Planets
rotate the Moons and even Asteroids.
There are millions of other Solar Systems, but ours is unique because to our
knowledge it is the only Solar System inhabiting an intelligent life form.
Slide 4 (The Sun): Yussef
Our sun is only one of billions of yellow dwarfs that are out there in the
universe. Its diameter is about 14 million km and it volume could easily fit
millions of earths. The suns temperature varies from 5.5 million degrees on the
surface to 15 million degrees in the core. Its gravitational pull makes the
Planets, Comets and Asteroids orbit the sun. The speed with which they travel is
proportional to the amount of gravitation they experience, which depends on
how far they are away from the sun. The sun also provides light and warmth
needed for survival on earth. Without the sun, the earth would drift through
space aimlessly and frozen without the humans who would be extinct.
Slide 5 (The Moon): Abdallah
The Moon is a natural satellite circling the earth every 27.5 days at a distance of
385,000 km. Its diameter is about 3,500 km and ist rotation is caused by the
earths gravitation. Unlike other Planets, the earth only has one Moon.

Slide 6 (The Lunar Phases): Yussef

The Moon has different phases we call the lunar phases. In this process the Moon
seems to be changing its size. This is caused by the rotation around the earth and the
amount of light passing the earth being able to be reflected by the Moon. It then seems
like one part of the Moon is missing when it is just not being lighted. Apart from
looking spectacular in the night sky, the Moon has another value to human life: It
creates tides and lows with its gravitation and its orbit marks one month on the
gregorian calendar.
Slide 7 (Asteroids nad Comets): Abdallah
[Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the sun just like the planets. The
difference is, that they are much smaller. When Asteroids enter the earths
surface they are called meteorites. Mostly, they catch fire and burn up before
hitting the ground. Large numbers of Asteroids circling the sun together create
Asteroid belts. Asteroids also orbit planets such as Saturn. Comets are Large
clumps of ice gas or rock that orbit the sun in a ellipse. The amount of how oval
it is, is called eccentricity.{Explain orbit}]
Slide 8 (The Planets): Yussef
[Planets are celestial objects that orbit around stars in a circle-like orbit. In our
solar system the eight major planets circle the sun. We differ between the inner
and outer planets. The inner planets are made of rock, are much smaller than the
outer planets and travel with much higher speed. Because they are not that big,
their gravitational pull is not that big either, so the only one of them having a
moon is the earth. The outer planets are made of gas and are thousand times
bigger than the inner planets. They attract a lot of moons and asteroids because
of their mass and because they are farther away from the sun, the gravitation of
the sun doesn't act that much causing them to travel at slower speeds. The speed
of planets can be calculated with the formula "average speed=total distance/total
time taken". The distance of the orbit can be measured with the formula "2πr"
whereby r is the radius to the sun.]