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18.                 Earth, Moon and




                                                                        Sun










          What do we see when we look

          up  into the  sky during the

          day?  We see  the sun shining
          brightly  in the  sky. At  night,

          we can see many stars and the

          moon beautifully  shining in                              Day                           Night

          the sky.

          Apart from these, various planets move around the sun. The Sun, the Moon,
          the Earth, the planets and the stars are all universal bodies.


          Our Solar System

          Our solar system is made up of the sun and the eight planets with their
          moons. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

          are the eight planets. All planets orbit the sun.





















                                                                                                    Solar System

          Planets do not have their light, but they glow brightly in the night sky. This

          is because planets, like the moon, reflect                 Find It

          the sunlight that falls on them.                             Out    Name the biggest and smallest
                                                                              planets in the solar system.

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