- We live on a planet called Earth.
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- A planet is a body that goes around a sun.
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- A sun is a star.
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- A star is a bright, shining ball of gas.
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- A sun also gives off light and heat.
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- The Earth is one of eight planets in our Solar System.
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- It's called a Solar System because a sun is at its centre.
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- The other planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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- You can remember the order of planets from our Sun with a sentence called a mnemonic.
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- In order out from the Sun the first is Mercury.
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- The second is Venus.
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- The third is Earth.
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- The fourth is Mars.
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- The fifth is Jupiter.
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- The sixth is Saturn.
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- The seventh is Uranus.
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- The eighth and final planet is Neptune.
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- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.
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- Let's recap what we have covered............