4.06.15 TM SpeedWrite: TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

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TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

[Introduction]

Twinkle twinkle little star, who are you and do you really twinkle? The truth is, stars don’t twinkle it is just a reflection. Do you ever wonder how stars came around? Here is a clarification around the life cycle of a star and more general information.

[Life Cycle]

Stars start as a cloud which contains gas and dust. It is called nebula. It then moves to an average star and a massive star. After a while, it transforms into a red giant and a red supergiant. This is the 3rd stage of the cycle. Next it becomes a planetary nebula and a supernova. Off to the last couple steps, a white dwarf. Then continues to a neutron star and a black hole.

[Appearance]

Most of us think that red stars are super hot and blue stars are cold. Well, it is pretty much the opposite! You see, blue stars are hot like a candle flame. If you look closely at the bottom of the fire, there will be dark/light blue which indicates that it is hot. So now we all understand that red stars are cold.

[Types of Stars]

Venus is a planet but also acts like a star that shines in the sky as the morning star. Also, Mercury acts as a star! It glows bright in the sky after sunset as the evening star. Supernova is one of the stars which amazingly can generate shock waves so powerful that they compress a nearby nebula! Where do Protostars come from? Protostars come after nebular the gas out of the sun and they are one of the stages out of the star’s life cycle.

[General Information]

Stars are a huge distance away from Earth. So imagine if you were right next to a star and how huge it would be! Stars shine bright yellow light which takes millions of years to reach Earth. Most of us people think, how did the name star come about? Well, it came from this ancient Greek word “aster” which means star. Our galaxy has over 400 million stars which can live for billions of years!

[Conclusion]

I hope this report around our twinkling (not really twinkling) stars has helped you with all your troubles and misunderstandings. If you are still not clear about this, check out this website that should definitely give you the best facts: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/stars.html

The Fireball in the dark sky!

Hi Blog World! This is my Information Report about Mars. Hope you enjoy it! (Don't mind the different font colours)

Have you ever wondered what that fire red ball in the sky is?

Introduction

Mars, the fourth Planet from the Sun. However, still bitter cold. This blazing/chilled ball is not a habitable (non living) place.

Appearance:

What does Mars look like/have? Although very like Earth, it doesn’t accommodate H2O. It contains volcanic basalt rock beneath the layer of dust. There are tall volcanoes, but the biggest, most know volcano is Olympus Mons. Amazingly, Mars has the largest canyon in the entire Solar System, Valles Marineris (Valley of the Mariners). Mars is one weird looking planet!

Mars’ Orbits

Mars is our closest neighbour although its orbit is completely different. It takes 687 days which is about two years! It is the 2nd Planet that takes the longest time to circle. Mars is 22,900,000km away from the Sun which is super far away! From Earth, it is 225,300,000 km away. So we aren’t really a close neighbour.

Mars’ Moons

Strangely, Mars has two lumpy potatoes(Moons)! Deimos, is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of the planet Mars with a mean radius of 6.2 km. He also has a friend, Phobos. Phobos is the larger and inner of the two natural satellites of Mars.

Conclusion

I hope this has encouraged you to make your own report about Mars! Here is a helpful link if you wish for more fun facts about Mars:

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-mars/. Also use this link to learn about all of the planets: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mars.htm.

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