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life life * Astronomy: the science of the stars Warming up and reading How many planets travel around the sun? 2. Which planet is the most important for us? 3. How is the earth different from other planets? Sun Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn Earth Pluto Neptune Uranus 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 7 10 5 Do you know how our life began on the earth? Do you know any ancient idea about the beginning of the universe? In Chinese culture … Pangu separates the sky from the earth. Nuwa mended the heaven and created human beings from the clay. In Western countries: God created the world and all living things. Read the whole passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 The importance of water The formation of the universe The arrival of human beings The formation of the earth The development of plants and animals Read Para. 1 and answer the following questions How did the universe begin? 2. What happened after the “Big Bang”? 3. What does “bodies” mean here? A. Persons or animals’ bodies B. Planets and stars No one knows exactly how the earth began. After that, atoms began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies. B Read Para. 2 and answer the following questions 1. What was the earth like for several billion years after the Big Bang? 2. What was the earth like between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago? Just a cloud of dust. A solid globe. Read Para. 3 to tell whether the following sentences are true or false. ( ) 1. Water on the earth disappeared later. ( ) 2. Water was necessary and important to the development of life. ( ) 3. Water was helpful in dissolving the harmful gases and acids into the oceans and seas. F T T 1. Why was the earth different from the other planets? 2. Why is water so important for the begin- ning of life on the earth? Because water remained on the earth, but other planets have no water. Because water allowed the earth to diss