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Competencies
C-1.1, C-6.2
• Analysing
• Remembering
• Critical Thinking
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Curiosity
6 The Universe
• Digital Integration
Warm Up • Analysing
The size of the universe is beyond our imagination. It has
several heavenly bodies in it. Can you tell what is shown in
the picture?
e universe is an endless open space that holds everything in it, i.e., all the
galaxies, stars and our solar system. We are unable to nd the size of universe.
People who make study of universe are called astronomers. ey use special
instrument called spectrocope to look at heavenly bodies.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
e sun and its eight planets, their satellites,
dwarf planets and their satellites as well as Knowledge Zone
some other heavenly bodies form the solar The main dwarf planets are Ceres, Pluto,
Haumea, Makemake and Eris.
system.
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