Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night. It is also the fastest planet in the Solar system. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. One of its volcanoes, Mat and
Olympia's Mons, is named after the Egyptian god of truth and justice. The beautiful blue color
of Earth comes from the oceans which cover 70 per cent of the planet. More than seven billion
people live there. The fourth planet, Mars, is named for the Roman god of war. Until 1976
scientists believed there could be life on Mars. Jupiter is the largest planet that we know of. It is
a very stormy planet because it spins so fast. Saturn is 100 times the size of Earth, but it is even
lighter than water, so it would float in a gigantic swimming pool? Uranus is strange because it
spins at an angle. Each pole of Uranus, north and south, has 42 years of sunlight, then 42 years of
darkness. Neptune takes more than 160 years to go round the sun. It has the strongest winds in
the solar system - up to 2 400 kph. Pluto is not considered as planet anymore because of its
strange orbit.
True or False
1. People believe there is life on the planet Mars.
2. Earth is much lighter than Saturn.
3. The planet nearest to the sun is very hot at night.
4. Neptune is usually farther from the sun than Pluto.
5. After every 84 years the north pole of Uranus has light.
6. Pluto is a planet with very strange orbit.
The fauna of the Yaroslavl region is quite varied. It hasabout 350 species of vertebrates. Of them of fish and cyclostomes a bit more40 species, amphibians - 9, reptiles - 5, birds - and mammals 327 -more than 50 species (including accident zabiegly and comes in a specialfarms). These animals are distributed across the area evenly. And their notremains constant. The most noticeable changes occur in the animal worldunder the influence of the felling of old forests, draining of peat bogs and creation of hugereservoirs. These factors dramatically transform separate partsof nature, and in this regard, and the living conditions of animals, resulting in some speciesanimals disappear altogether. A number of other increases or decreasesin proportion to the change area, convenient for settlement. In the Yaroslavl region, inhabited by brown bears, foxes, moose, beavers, wolves, wild boars, lynx, and even a raccoon dog.На русском:
Животный мир Ярославской области довольно разнообразен. Он насчитываетоколо 350 видов позвоночных животных. Из них рыб и круглоротых немного более40 видов, земноводных - 9, пресмыкающихся - 5, птиц - 327 и млекопитающих -более 50 видов (включая случайно забеглых и выпущенных в специальныххозяйствах). Эти животные распределены по области неравномерно. И состав их неостается постоянным. Наиболее заметные изменения в животном мире происходятпод влиянием рубки старых лесов, осушки торфяников и создания огромныхводохранилищ. Перечисленные факторы резко преображают отдельные участкиприроды, а в связи с этим и условия обитания животных, вследствие чего одни видыживотных исчезают совсем. А численность других уменьшается или изменению площади, удобной для заселения. В Ярославской облости обитаю бурые медведи, лисицы, лоси, речные бобры, волки, кабаны, рысь и даже енотовидные собаки.