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Grade 8 Natural Sciences Term 4: Earth and beyond

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Page 1: Grade 8 Natural Sciences - Doc ScientiaPage279 in Grade 8 Natural Sciences Textbook and Workbook Use a flat surface, like a large tray/ hardboard, and sand. Use the sand to demonstrate

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Term4:Earthandbeyond

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BeyondthesolarsystemUniverse

Galaxies

MilkyWayGalaxy

SunCentreofoursolarsystem

Eightplanets

Dwarfplanets Asteroids Meteorites Satellites

Comets

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BeyondthesolarsystemQuickfactsSatellitesareman-made,semi-independentcomputercontrolledsystems.2.1Galaxies

Galaxies:•sizesandshapesdiffer;•consistofgas,dustandanever-endingnumberofstars;•starsareheldtogetherbymutualgravitaOon(aQracOveforces);•isolatedfromsimilarsystemsbylargespaces.

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Beyondthesolarsystem

2.2MilkyWayGalaxyTheMilkyWayisagalaxythatlookslikeahazybandstretchingovertheskies.OursunisoneofthestarsintheMilkyWaygalaxy.Spiral-shapedgalaxyOursunislocatedtowardstheedgeoftheMilkyWaygalaxyinoneofthespiralarms.

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Useaflatsurface,likealargetray/hardboard,andsand.UsethesandtodemonstratethesphericalshapeoftheMilkyWaygalaxywiththearms.UseasmallbuHontorepresentourgalaxyinoneofthearms.