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B1 Intermediate English 4:11 Educational

Solar System 101 | National Geographic

National Geographic · 37,513,840 views · Added 1 month ago

Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

5/10

Difficulty

Subtitles (74 segments)

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- [Narrator] Our solar system is one

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of over 500 known solar systems

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in the entire Milky Way galaxy.

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The solar system came into being

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about 4.5 billion years ago, when a cloud

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of interstellar gas and dust collapsed,

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resulting in a solar nebula, a swirling disc

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of material that collided to form the solar system.

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The solar system is located

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in the Milky Way's Orion star cluster.

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Only 15% of stars in the galaxy host planetary systems,

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and one of those stars is our own sun.

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Revolving around the sun are eight planets.

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The planets are divided into two categories,

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based on their composition,

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