Activity Another activity here.
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Imagine your work is helping a plumber. He says "Pass me the ball cock, please."
Would you know what to look for?
It's a plumbing name or term.
It's here.
2
Write down as many space terms as you can. There will be a gap. Don't come back until the job is done.
Go down the page now.
keep going
End of gap
3
Now open some pages you've already read/noted and compare notes.
4
What is a "log"?
5
Numbers are tools. Say "400000000723".
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Write 5⁶ using commas.
The Sun
How far is the Earth .........................................................................from the Sun?
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Write "93 million miles" on a page in your log.
It is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
It is known by astronomers as an Astronomical Unit.
An AU is approximately 93 million miles (150 million km).
As if by magic, you now have another term!
8
Is anyone/anything living in space?
If there are life-forms in space what is the term used for them? What are they called?
9
Repeat the process in 3 with a few more pages.
10
File your results in your log
There's plenty more activities in green text dotted around this website.
Imagine light travelling around the Earth seven times in one second.
186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers) Picture
Google 8 if you didn't know the answer to a question not answered on this page. .
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