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THE SOLAR SYSTEM Worksheets UNIT 1

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Worksheet 1A

Cut out these 9 circles and then order them from the smallest to the biggest.

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Worksheet 1B

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Worksheet 2

Read the sentences and write the name of the planets and the Sun on each corresponding circle:

The Sun is the biggest body in the Solar System, much bigger than any other planet. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System. Saturn is smaller than Jupiter but bigger than every other planet. In size, Mars is between Mercury and Venus. Venus is bigger than Mars but smaller than the Earth. In size, the Earth is between Neptune and Venus. Neptune is smaller than Uranus but bigger than the Earth.

In size, Uranus is between Neptune and Saturn.

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Worksheet 3

Read these sentences and complete A. Then put the planets and the Sun in their real order by guessing which planet is described. Use the words from the box below to help you.

________ is our nearest star, containing 750 times more matter than all the other bodies in the Solar system put together.

Planet one (the nearest to the Sun) starts with letter “M” and ends with “Y”.

Planet two has got five letters in its name.

Planet three is called the ‘blue’ planet because over 70% of its surface is covered by water. Not enough? Ok, another hint: you live on it.

Planet four owes its name to the Roman god of war, being also called the “red” planet because of the colour of its surface.

The first letter of planet five is the 10th letter of the alphabet. The last one is the 18th (Remember, your alphabet is different from the English one).

Planet six has got six letters, but the last one is not an “S”.

Planet seven has got as the first letter the sixth letter from the end of the alphabet.

There is one left, do you need any help? Just in case: its name comes from the Roman god of the sea because it looks blue (not so much as the Earth). This is planet eight.

Uranus

Earth

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Jupiter The Sun

Mars Neptune

Mercury Venus

Saturn

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Worksheet 4

Cut out the slips of paper from the box below and put them in order according to the story.

THE PROCESS OF TAKING SHAPE WAS REALLY SLOW FOR ALL THE BODIES IN THE UNIVERSE.

OF THE EIGHT PLANETS, THE FOUR NEAREST TO THE SUN ARE SMALL AND ROCKY, AND THE FOUR FARTHEST FROM THE SUN ARE BIG AND GASEOUS

THE NAME OF OUR HOME GALAXY IS THE MILKY WAY

THE BIG BANG HAPPENED 14 BILLION YEARS AGO

THE GALAXIES DO NOT FORM UNTIL ONE OR TWO BILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG

THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED AND WITHIN THIS, GALAXIES, SOLAR SYSTEMS, STARS AND PLANETS

THERE ARE EIGHT PLANETS MOVING AROUND THE SUN

THERE ARE SMALL BODIES SUCH AS MOONS, COMETS AND ASTEROIDS THAT ORBIT THE SUN OR THE PLANETS

THERE WAS A TIME, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN NOTHING EXISTED. NO MATTER, NO SPACE, NO TIME

STARS VARY IN BRIGHTNESS, TEMPERATURE, COLOUR AND SIZE

PLANETS ARE DESCRIBED BY SCIENTISTS AS SPHERICAL BODIES MOVING AROUND THE SUN OR ANOTHER STAR

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Worksheet 5

Listen to the music and draw what it suggests to you. You can do it either ‘portrait’ or ´landscape´.

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Worksheet 6A

Look at the questions below and ask them to a partner. You can use the box provided to help you.

STUDENT A 1. What is the name of the big explosion that occurred 14 billions years ago? 2. What is the name of the star that gives its name to our Solar System? 3. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System? 4. How many moons has the Earth got? 5. Which are bigger: galaxies or solar systems? 6. What is the difference between the inner planets (nearest to the Sun) and the outer planets (farthest from the Sun)? 7. ______________________________?

Student A answers: 1-Big Bang; 2-the Sun; 3-Mercury; 4-one; 5galaxies;6-Inner planets: small, rocky/Outer: big, gaseous; 7-open

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Consider for your answers just the words not in bold. LANGUAGE SUPPORT

BIG BANG MERCURY

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VENUS SATURN 100 BILLION Raül Martínez Verdún

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MILKY WAY THE EARTH GASEOUS GALAXIES

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URANUS NOTHING

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Worksheet 6B

Look at the questions below and ask them to a partner. You can use the box provided to help you.

STUDENT B 1. What is the name of our home galaxy? 2. What is the biggest planet in the Solar System? 3. Which planet is between Venus and Mars? 4. How many galaxies are there in the part of the Universe we can see? 5. What was there before the Big Bang? 6. Why did the Universe expand? 7. _______________________________?

Student B answers: 1-the Milky Way; 2-Jupiter; 3-the Earth; 4-about 100 billion galaxies; 5-nothing/no matter/no time/no space; 6-the Big Bang explosion; 7-open

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Consider for your answers just the words not in bold. LANGUAGE SUPPORT ROCKY BIG BANG EXPLOSION

BIG BANG

MILKY WAY

MERCURY

BIG

VENUS

URANUS

100 BILLION

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THE SUN

JUPITER

THE EARTH

ONE

MARS

NO TIME

GALAXIES

NO MATTER

NEPTUNE SATURN NO SPACE

NOTHING SMALL

GASEOUS

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM Worksheets UNIT 2

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Worksheet 7

Read and match the boxes from the right with the names from the left.

A. THIS GAS GIANT IS THE THIRD-LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE SEVENTH FROM SUN.

1. THE SUN

2. EARTH

3. JUPITER

4. SATURN

5. VENUS

B. 75% OF ITS SURFACE IS COVERED BY WATER. THE LENGTH OF ITS YEAR IS 365.26 DAYS. C. IT MEASURES ABOUT 15,000 BILLION KM ACROSS AND IT CONTAINS 750 TIMES MORE MATTER THAN ALL THE OTHER BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM PUT TOGETHER. D. IT IS A GAS GIANT FAMOUS FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT RINGS. ABOUT 60 LARGE MOONS MOVE AROUND IT. E. IT IS THE BIGGEST PLANET. IT HAS A GREAT RED SPOT WHICH IN FACT IS A HUGE STORM.

6. MARS

7. MERCURY

8. NEPTUNE

9. URANUS

F. IT IS THE SMALLEST PLANET OF THE GAS GIANTS AND IT IS THE MOST DISTANT PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

G. IT IS KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET. SCIENTISTS THINK LIFE EXISTED ON IT A LONG TIME AGO.

H. IT IS THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE PLANETS. BECAUSE OF ITS ROCKY SURFACE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOON. I. IT IS THE CLOSEST PLANET TO EARTH AND THE THIRD SMALLEST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

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Worksheet 8

Read these sentences carefully and decide in groups if they are “true” or “false”.

FACTS ABOUT THE PLANETS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM S1

MARS LOOKS RED BECAUSE ITS ROCKS CONTAIN A LOT OF IRON DUST. THE SUN IS AN ENORMOUS YELLOW PLANET, THE BIGGEST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

S3 ALL THE PLANETS ORBIT THE SUN. S4

THE FOUR INNER PLANETS ARE MADE UP MAINLY OF GASES.

S5 A DAY IN THE EARTH TAKES 27.6 HOURS. S6

A SPACECRAFT COULD LAND ON JUPITER’S SURFACE WITHOUT PROBLEMS. VENUS IS THE HOTTEST PLANET, EVEN HOTTER THAN MERCURY.

S8 NEPTUNE IS THE FARTHEST PLANET FROM THE SUN

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Worksheet 9A

MERCURY Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun and it moves around it incredibly quickly – __________________, which is the same as four complete journeys around the Sun every year. ______________________, they would be four times older than their Earth age! It moves so quickly that it can only be seen from Earth six times a year. Mercury is the smallest of all the planets. It has a very thin atmosphere and weather doesn’t exist at all on this planet. Because of this, Mercury is not able to hold on to any heat from the Sun, so __________________ very cold. Opposite to this, ________________ during the day, when temperatures are four or five times greater than the hottest places on Earth. With a lot of craters on its surface, Mercury’s rocky surface looks a lot like the Moon. The craters were caused by asteroid impacts and most of these craters were made billions years ago, shortly after the Solar System formed.

MERCURY ________________________to the Sun and it moves around it incredibly quickly –once every 88 days or, which is the same as four complete journeys around the Sun every year. ______________________, they would be four times older than their Earth age! It moves so quickly that it can only be seen from Earth six times a year. _____________________ of all the planets. It has a very thin atmosphere and weather doesn’t exist at all on this planet. Because of this, Mercury is not able to hold on to any heat from the Sun, so at night the planet is very cold. Opposite to this, _________________ during the day, when temperatures are four or five times greater than the hottest places on Earth. With a lot of craters on its surface, Mercury’s rocky surface looks a lot like the Moon. The craters were caused by asteroid impacts and most of these craters were made billions years ago, shortly after the Solar System formed.

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Worksheet 9B

MERCURY _______________________ to the Sun and it moves around it incredibly quickly – ___________________, which is the same as four complete journeys around the Sun every year. If people moved to Mercury, they would be four times older than their Earth age! It moves so quickly that it can only be seen from Earth six times a year. ____________________ of all the planets. It has a very thin atmosphere and weather doesn’t exist at all on this planet. Because of this, Mercury is not able to hold on to any heat from the Sun, so ___________________very cold. Opposite to this, Mercury is really hot during the day, when temperatures are four or five times greater than the hottest places on Earth. With a lot of craters on its surface, Mercury’s rocky surface looks a lot like the Moon. The craters were caused by asteroid impacts and most of these craters were made billions years ago, shortly after the Solar System formed.

VENUS Venus is the closest planet to Earth and the third smallest in the Solar System. It is almost the same size and it is made up of the same type of metals and rocks as Earth; for these reasons, Venus is often said to be __________________. Venus is the second planet from the Sun and was given its name by the Romans in allusion to their goddess of love, because of its brightness and beauty. _____________________________, so we cannot see its desert-like surface with telescopes. Apart from that, its atmosphere is burning hot and poisonous. The pressure of its atmosphere is enormous –equal to __________________! The yellow clouds in the sky are full of a harmful acid. That means that if we were on Venus and it rained, it would burn our skin. What’s more, there are no rivers, seas, or oceans on the surface of Venus. Venus also ________________________ to Earth and the other planets.

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Worksheet 9C

VENUS Venus is the closest planet to Earth and ____________________________. It is almost the same size and it is made up of the same type of metals and rocks as Earth; for these reasons, Venus is often said to be the Earth’s “twin sister”. Venus is the second planet from the Sun and was given its name by the Romans in allusion to their goddess of love, because of its brightness and beauty. _____________________________, so we cannot see its desert-like surface with telescopes. Apart from that, its atmosphere is burning hot and poisonous. _____________ its atmosphere is enormous –equal to 1000m below sea level! The yellow clouds in the sky are full of a harmful acid. That means that if we were on Venus and it rained, it would burn our skin. What’s more, there are no rivers, seas, or oceans on the surface of Venus. Venus also ________________________ to Earth and the other planets.

VENUS Venus is the closest planet to Earth and _____________________________. It is almost the same size and it is made up of the same type of metals and rocks as Earth; for these reasons, Venus is often said to be __________________. Venus is the second planet from the Sun and was given its name by the Romans in allusion to their goddess of love, because of its brightness and beauty. Venus’ atmosphere is thick and heavy, so we cannot see its desert-like surface with telescopes. Apart from that, its atmosphere is burning hot and poisonous. _____________ its atmosphere is enormous –equal to __________________! The yellow clouds in the sky are full of a harmful acid. That means that if we were on Venus and it rained, it would burn our skin. What’s more, there are no rivers, seas, or oceans on the surface of Venus. Venus also spins in the opposite direction to Earth and the other planets.

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Worksheet 9D

EARTH Our home planet is the largest of the four inner planets. Along with its satellite, the Moon, it moves around the Sun once a year. Its atmosphere contains __________________________. The surface is made up of a rocky thin layer or crust, floating on melted rocks below. This liquid beneath the ____________________. The Earth’s surface includes the continents and the ocean floor. What makes Earth unique is the fact that life exists on it, since no other planet in our Solar System has life. As an example, the Sun may be an ordinary kind of star, but the third planet out from the Sun (Earth) is unique. The Earth is neither so hot that water boils nor so cold that it freezes. As the __________________________, different parts of the Earth get more or less light and warmth from the Sun, making the different seasons. But the Earth also spins on its own axis, which in fact it is an imaginary line through _____________________.

EARTH Our home planet is the largest of the four inner planets. Along with __________, ________, it moves around the Sun once a year. Its atmosphere contains oxygen and carbon dioxide gases. The surface is made up of a rocky thin layer or crust, floating on melted rocks below. This liquid beneath the ____________________. The Earth’s surface includes the continents and the ocean floor. What makes Earth unique is the fact that life exists on it, since no other planet in our Solar System has life. As an example, the Sun may be an ________________, but the third planet out from the Sun (Earth) is unique. The Earth is neither so hot that water boils nor so cold that it freezes. As the Earth moves around the Sun, different parts of the Earth get more or less light and warmth from the Sun, making the different seasons. But the Earth also spins on its own axis, which in fact it is an imaginary line through _____________________.

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Worksheet 9E

EARTH Our home planet is the largest of the four inner planets. Along with __________, _________, it moves around the Sun once a year. Its atmosphere contains __________________________. The surface is made up of a rocky thin layer or crust, floating on melted rocks below. This liquid beneath the surface is called magma. The Earth’s surface includes the continents and the ocean floor. What makes Earth unique is the fact that life exists on it, since no other planet in our Solar System has life. As an example, the Sun may be an _______________, but the third planet out from the Sun (Earth) is unique. The Earth is neither so hot that water boils nor so cold that it freezes. As the _________________________, different parts of the Earth get more or less light and warmth from the Sun, making the different seasons. But the Earth also spins on its own axis, which in fact it is an imaginary line through the planet from pole to pole.

MARS Mars is smaller and colder than Earth. Being the fourth planet from the Sun, Mars is known as the Red Planet because of its red-brown colour. Its surface is covered with dusty plains, hills, tall mountains and deep canyons. ___________________ in which we would not be able to breathe. However, of all the planets in the Solar System, __________________________. Mars takes nearly two years to orbit the Sun (687 Earth days). What’s more, a day on Mars is just a little longer than our own day, also having its own seasons. Mars has two tiny moons called ___________________. The highest mountain on Mars is called Olympus Mons and is three times higher than Mount Everest. Since in August 1996 NASA claimed it had discovered traces of fossil bacteria in a meteorite from Mars, it is believed that ________________________ on the planet a long time ago.

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Worksheet 9F

MARS Mars is smaller and colder than Earth. Being __________________________, Mars is known as the Red Planet because of its red-brown colour. Its surface is covered with dusty plains, hills, tall mountains and deep canyons. It has just a thin atmosphere in which we would not be able to breathe. However, of all the planets in the Solar System, __________________________. Mars takes nearly two years to orbit the Sun (______________). What’s more, a day on Mars is just a little longer than our own day, also having its own seasons. Mars has two tiny moons called Deimos and Phobos. The highest mountain on Mars is called Olympus Mons and is three times higher than Mount Everest. Since in August 1996 NASA claimed it had discovered traces of fossil bacteria in a meteorite from Mars, it is believed that ______________________ on the planet a long time ago.

MARS Mars is smaller and colder than Earth. Being __________________________, Mars is known as the Red Planet because of its red-brown colour. Its surface is covered with dusty plains, hills, tall mountains and deep canyons. _______________________ in which we would not be able to breathe. However, of all the planets in the Solar System, Mars is the most similar to Earth. Mars takes nearly two years to orbit the Sun (______________). What’s more, a day on Mars is just a little longer than our own day, also having its own seasons. Mars has two tiny moons called ___________________. The highest mountain on Mars is called Olympus Mons and is three times higher than Mount Everest. Since in August 1996 NASA claimed it had discovered traces of fossil bacteria in a meteorite from Mars, it is believed that primitive life may have existed on the planet a long time ago.

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Worksheet 9G

JUPITER Jupiter is the Solar System’s biggest planet. In fact, it is so big that more than 1,300 Earths would fit inside it. Like the other gas giants, its __________________________, with a small rocky core at the centre. It seems incredible, but Jupiter’s powerful gravity has dragged many passing objects towards it, becoming some of them becoming the planet’s moons. Jupiter spins on its axis _________________. It spins faster than any other planet, so fast that the clouds in its atmosphere are huge swirling storms with strong winds of up 500 km/h. One of Jupiter’s storms is larger than Earth! It is called the Great Red Spot and may have been around Jupiter’s atmosphere for over _________. Jupiter has more than 60 moons. The two largest, Ganymede and Callisto, are bigger than the planet Mercury. Scientists believe that under its icy surface there maybe an ________________ in which primitive sea life has developed.

JUPITER Jupiter is the ____________________________. In fact, it is so big that more than 1,300 Earths would fit inside it. Like the other gas giants, its outer layers are made of gases, with a small rocky core at the centre. It seems incredible, but Jupiter’s powerful gravity has dragged many passing objects towards it, becoming some of them the planet’s moons. Jupiter spins on its axis _________________. It spins faster than any other planet, so fast that the clouds in its atmosphere are huge swirling storms with strong winds of up 500 km/h. One of Jupiter’s storms is _______________! It is called the Great Red Spot and may have been around Jupiter’s atmosphere for over 350 years. Jupiter has more than 60 moons. The two largest, Ganymede and Callisto, are bigger than the planet Mercury. Scientists believe that under its icy surface there maybe an ________________ in which primitive sea life has developed.

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Worksheet 9H

JUPITER Jupiter is the ___________________________. In fact, it is so big that more than 1,300 Earths would fit inside it. Like the other gas giants, its _________________________, with a small rocky core at the centre. It seems incredible, but Jupiter’s powerful gravity has dragged many passing objects towards it, becoming some of them the planet’s moons. Jupiter spins on its axis once every ten hours. It spins faster than any other planet, so fast that the clouds in its atmosphere are huge swirling storms with strong winds of up 500 km/h. One of Jupiter’s storms is _____________! It is called the Great Red Spot and may have been around Jupiter’s atmosphere for over ________. Jupiter has more than 60 moons. The two largest, Ganymede and Callisto, are bigger than the planet Mercury. Scientists believe that under its icy surface there maybe an ocean of warm, salty water in which primitive sea life has developed.

SATURN The second-largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn, is famous for its beautiful bright rings. Still known as the Ringed Planet, because its rings are the biggest, brightest and best, Saturn’s rings look solid from a distance. But these are made of ________________________ whirling around the planet. It must be said that Saturn is the least dense of all the planets, made up basically of _____________________. Saturn spins around so fast that we find very high winds, which can be even faster than the strongest hurricanes on Earth! Despite the fact that Saturn’s atmosphere has a few violent clouds, it is much calmer than stormy Jupiter. Saturn takes nearly ____________ to orbit the Sun and the length of a day is over 10 Earth hours. Around 60 large moons orbit Saturn. One of them, Titan, is a true giant. Bigger than the planet Mercury, Titan is the only satellite in the Solar System that has its own atmosphere. With an icy landscape ________________________, it may also have rivers and lakes made up of methane.

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Worksheet 9I

SATURN The __________________________________, Saturn, is famous for its beautiful bright rings. Still known as the Ringed Planet, because its rings are the biggest, brightest and best, Saturn’s rings look solid from a distance. But these are made of millions of bits of ice and rock whirling around the planet. It must be said that Saturn is the least dense of all the planets, made up basically of _____________________. Saturn spins around so fast that we find ______________, which can be even faster than the strongest hurricanes on Earth! Despite the fact that Saturn’s atmosphere has a few violent clouds, it is much calmer than stormy Jupiter. Saturn takes nearly 29 Earth years to orbit the Sun and the length of a day is over 10 Earth hours. Around 60 large moons orbit Saturn. One of them, Titan, is a true giant. Bigger than the planet Mercury, Titan is the only satellite in the Solar System that has its own atmosphere. With an icy landscape ________________________, it may also have rivers and lakes made up of methane.

SATURN The __________________________________, Saturn, is famous for its beautiful bright rings. Still known as the Ringed Planet, because its rings are the biggest, brightest and best, Saturn’s rings look solid from a distance. But these are made of _______________________ whirling around the planet. It must be said that Saturn is the least dense of all the planets, made up basically of hydrogen and helium gas. Saturn spins around so fast that we find ______________, which can be even faster than the strongest hurricanes on Earth! Despite the fact that Saturn’s atmosphere has a few violent clouds, it is much calmer than stormy Jupiter. Saturn takes nearly _____________ to orbit the Sun and the length of a day is over 10 Earth hours. Around 60 large moons orbit Saturn. One of them, Titan, is a true giant. Bigger than the planet Mercury, Titan is the only satellite in the Solar System that has its own atmosphere. With an icy landscape plenty of hills and volcanoes, it may also have rivers and lakes made up of methane.

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Worksheet 9J

URANUS After Jupiter and Saturn, this gas giant is the third-largest planet in our Solar System. Uranus was the first planet discovered through a telescope and, despite it not being as big as Jupiter and Saturn, it is still ______________________. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and it takes ________________________ and 17 hours to complete a day. It is a bright blue-green planet and has a smooth-looking surface (like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus has no solid surface). Unlike the other planets, Uranus spins on its side, that’s to say, at right-angles to the Sun. Scientists think this occur because of a space collision that could have almost destroyed it. They think that a ___________________________ into Uranus and knocked it sideways. Uranus’s atmosphere is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with methane and traces of water and ammonia. The planet has at least 21 moons (icy satellites), the biggest of which is Titania. _______________, which are hardly perceptible.

URANUS After Jupiter and Saturn, this gas giant is the _________________ in our Solar System. Uranus was the first planet discovered through a telescope and, despite it not being as big as Jupiter and Saturn, it is still four times wider than Earth. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and it takes ________________________ and 17 hours to complete a day. It is a bright blue-green planet and has a smooth-looking surface (like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus has no solid surface). Unlike the other planets, ____________________, that’s to say, at right-angles to the Sun. Scientists think this occur because of a space collision that could have almost destroyed it. They think that a giant asteroid may have crashed into Uranus and knocked it sideways. Uranus’s atmosphere is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with methane and traces of water and ammonia. The planet has at least 21 moons (icy satellites), the biggest of which is Titania. ________________, which are hardly perceptible.

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Worksheet 9K

URANUS After Jupiter and Saturn, this gas giant is the _________________ in our Solar System. Uranus was the first planet discovered through a telescope and, despite it not being as big as Jupiter and Saturn, it is still ______________________. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and it takes 84 years to complete one orbit and 17 hours to complete a day. It is a bright blue-green planet and has a smooth-looking surface (like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus has no solid surface). Unlike the other planets, _____________________, that’s to say, at right-angles to the Sun. Scientists think this occur because of a space collision that could have almost destroyed it. They think that a ____________________________ into Uranus and knocked it sideways. Uranus’s atmosphere is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, with methane and traces of water and ammonia. The planet has at least 21 moons (icy satellites), the biggest of which is Titania. It also has 11 rings, which are hardly perceptible.

NEPTUNE Neptune, the smallest of the gas giants, can only be seen from Earth using a telescope or powerful binoculars. In fact, it is the _______________________________. Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years. In other words: its orbit is 30 times further from the Sun than Earth’s. An example of this: on 29 May 2011 Neptune will have made just _______________ the Sun since its discovery in 1846. Like Uranus, it is an extremely cold planet. But a lot of activity takes place there. Heat from within Neptune’s core creates fast winds and colossal storms. The _________________ spots on the planets’ surface and the winds are considered to be the strongest in the Solar System. __________________ is caused by the methane in its atmosphere, a molecule that absorbs red light. This gas giant is orbited by eight moons and five thin complete rings and one partial ring. Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, is a frozen icy world, with active icy volcanoes that expel nitrogen gas.

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Worksheet 9L

NEPTUNE Neptune, _________________________, can only be seen from Earth using a telescope or powerful binoculars. In fact, it is the most distant planet in our Solar System. Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years. In other words: its orbit is 30 times further from the Sun than Earth’s. An example of this: on 29 May 2011 Neptune will have made just ______________ the Sun since its discovery in 1846. Like Uranus, it is an ____________________. But a lot of activity takes place there. Heat from within Neptune’s core creates fast winds and colossal storms. The storms look like dark spots on the planets’ surface and the winds are considered to be the strongest in the Solar System. __________________ is caused by the methane in its atmosphere, a molecule that absorbs red light. This gas giant is orbited by eight moons and five thin complete rings and one partial ring. Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, is a frozen icy world, with active icy volcanoes that expel nitrogen gas.

NEPTUNE Neptune, _____________________________, can only be seen from Earth using a telescope or powerful binoculars. In fact, it is the _______________________________. Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years. In other words: its orbit is 30 times further from the Sun than Earth’s. An example of this: on 29 May 2011 Neptune will have made just one circuit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846. Like Uranus, it is an _____________________. But a lot of activity takes place there. Heat from within Neptune’s core creates fast winds and colossal storms. The ________________ spots on the planets’ surface and the winds are considered to be the strongest in the Solar System. Neptune’s blue colour is caused by the methane in its atmosphere, a molecule that absorbs red light. This gas giant is orbited by eight moons and five thin complete rings and one partial ring. Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, is a frozen icy world, with active icy volcanoes that expel nitrogen gas.

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Worksheet 10

Read these questions carefully and ask a partner from each group to get the information needed. Use the box below to remember the planets.

Uranus Jupiter

Mars Mercury

QUESTION

Venus Neptune

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Saturn Earth

PLANET

1. Is your planet a gas giant or a small rocky one?

2. Has your planet got any moons? How many?

3. How long is a day on your planet?

4. Has your planet got any rings? How many?

5. How far is your planet from the Sun?

6. Is your planet cold or hot?

7. Do you think life can exist on your planet? Why? Why not?

8. Say any interesting fact about your planet.

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Read the questions from the wall papers and write your answers in the grid below:

QUESTION

ANSWER

QUESTION

ANSWER

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Use the results from Worksheet 11 to complete these mathematical operations.

MATHEMATICAL OPERATION 1

A MULTIPLIED BY F

S MINUS B

C PLUS H

U DIVIDED BY D

J PLUS G

I MULTIPLIED BY K

M MINUS L

Y MINUS X

O PLUS V

R DIVIDED BY T

Q MULTIPLIED BY P

V DIVIDED BY W

E MULTIPLIED BY N

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1. A STAR IS A HUGE BALL OF GAS MADE UP MAINLY OF HYDROGEN. IT HAS A TEMPERATURE OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DEGREES. THE ENERGY PRODUCED BY FUSION IS EMITTED AS

LIGHT

AND

HEAT.

CAN

DIFFERENTIATE STARS BY THEIR PROPERTIES:

TEMPERATURE

COLOUR, SIZE AND LUMINOSITY.

2. COMETS

ARE

SMALL

CELESTIAL

BODIES MADE OF ICE, DUST AND GASES THAT ORBIT AROUND THE SUN IN ELLIPSES. THEY USUALLY HAVE GOT A BRIGHT TAIL WHICH IS ONLY VISIBLE AS THEY ARE NEAR THE SUN. THE TAIL CAN BE UP TO 250 MILLION KM LONG AND IS MOST OF WHAT WE SEE.

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3. ASTEROIDS ARE ROCKY OR METALLIC OBJECTS, MOST OF WHICH ORBIT THE SUN IN THE ASTEROID BELT BETWEEN THERE

JUPITER ARE

AND

MARS.

THOUSANDS

ASTEROIDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND NONE OF THEM HAVE GOT ATMOSPHERES.

4. GALAXIES ARE ENORMOUS GROUPS OF STARS, GASES AND DUST. THE MATTER IN A GALAXY IS HELD TOGETHER

THE

FORCE

GRAVITY. GALAXIES ARE DIVIDED INTO

THREE

ACCORDING

MAIN

TYPES,

THEIR

SHAPE:

SPIRAL, ELLIPTICAL OR IRREGULAR.

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5. CONSTELLATIONS

ARE

PATTERNS

STARS

IMAGINARY GROUPED

TOGETHER. THEY ADOPT DIFFERENT FORMS

ACCORDING

THEIR

SHAPE. MANY CONSTELLATIONS ARE NAMED

AFTER

CHARACTERS

ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY. THEY LOOK LIKE OBJECTS, PEOPLE OR ANIMALS AND THEY CAN ONLY BE SEEN AT NIGHT.

6. NEBULAE ARE MASSIVE CLOUDS OF GASES

AND

DUST

FLOATING

SPACE. THESE CLOUDS ARE MADE UP MAINLY OF HELIUM AND HYDROGEN AND

THEY

REFLECT

THE

LIGHT

EMITTED BY THE STARS AROUND THEM. IT IS INTENSIVELY COLD INSIDE A BIG NEBULA, ONLY 10º ABOVE ZERO.

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Read the questions below and decide ’Yes’ or ‘No’. If you answer ‘Yes’, write the corresponding name helping you from the box provided. CONSTELLATIONS

GALAXIES

ASTEROIDS

NEBULAE

STARS

COMETS

YES CAN WE DIFFERENCIATE THEM BY 1

TEMPERATURE, COLOUR, SIZE AND LUMINOSITY?

ARE THEY ROCKY OR METALLIC OBJECTS?

Go to question 2

YES NO

Go to question 3

YES 3

ARE THEY CLOUDS MADE UP OF HELIUM AND HYDROGEN?

Go to question 4

YES 4

DO THEY LOOK LIKE OBJECTS, PEOPLE OR ANIMALS?

Go to question 5

YES 5

ARE SPIRAL, ELLIPTICAL AND IRREGULAR SOME OF THEIR SHAPES?

ARE THEY SMALL CELESTIAL BODIES MADE OF

Go to question 6

YES

ICE, DUST AND GASES?

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Worksheet 16

Take a look at these pictures and tell a partner when you have used the materials shown:

CRAYONS

FELT-TIP PENS

GLUE

COTTON WOOL

COLOURED TISSUE

BLACK PAPER

WHITE PAPER

COMPASS

SCISSORS

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Read the sentences from the squares below and make your choice.

1. THERE ARE 8 …

2. THE NAME OF

IN THE SOLAR

THE EARTH’S

SYSTEM

SATELLITE IS…

3. MARS IS ALSO CALLED THE…

4. THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED AFTER THE…

6. THE BIGGEST

7.…ARE

8. THIS STAR

PLANET IN THE

ENORMOUS

GIVES NAME TO

SOLAR SYSTEM

GROUPS OF STARS,

OUR SOLAR

IS…

GASES AND DUST

SYSTEM

10. THIS PLANET IS

11. THE BIG BANG

12. MERCURY,

FAMOUS FOR ITS

HAPPENED…

VENUS, EARTH AND

BEAUTIFUL AND

MILLION YEARS

MARS ARE

HUGE RINGS

AGO

THE…PLANETS

14. THE NEAREST

15. SPHERICAL

16. THE ONLY

PLANET TO THE

BODIES THAT

PLANET WHERE

SUN IS…

ORBIT THE SUN

LIFE EXISTS ON

CELESTIAL

18. THE…IS

19. THE FARTHEST

20. THIS PLANET IS

BODIES MADE OF

EXPANDING BUT

PLANET TO THE

ALSO CALLED THE

ICE, DUST AND

NOT GALAXIES

SUN IS…

BLUE PLANET

5. OUR HOME GALAXY IS CALLED THE…

9. JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE ARE KNOWN AS THE …GIANTS

13. A DAY IN THE EARTH IS ...HOURS 17.…ARE SMALL

GASES 21. … ARE ROCKY

22. A …IS A HUGE

OR METALLIC

BALL OF GAS MADE

23. A YEAR IN THE

PLANET IN THE

OBJECTS

UP MAINLY OF

EARTH IS…DAYS

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Write your answers in the blanks below:

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

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TESTING WHAT YOU KNOW 1. Classify the planets into two groups:

JUPITER

EARTH

VE US

MARS

EPTU E

SATUR

URA US

MERCURY

Which criterion did you use? ___________________________________

2. Complete the sentences. There are 8 planets in the ______________ and the main star is the _________. _________ are enormous groups of stars, gases and dust. Our ________ is called the Milky Way. The Moon is the Earth’s ________. The name of the planets in order from the Sun are______________________________ ____________________________________________________________.

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3. Complete the word map.

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

belongs to

The Milky Way

is made up of

planets

is a

Halley are divided into

is a

Great Bear

can have star 6.

satellites

11.

for example Venus

12. 14.

Uranus

10.

13.

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4. Read A and B and complete the information asked:

A 1. Draw a planet which is a gas giant. 2. Write down the names of the other gas giants. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

3. What is the difference between a gas giant and a small rocky planet? __________________________________

______________________________________________________ B 1. Draw a planet which is a small rocky one. 2. Write down the names of the other small rocky planets. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

3. What is the difference between Mars and Neptune? _______________________________________

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Worksheet 19A

The time a planet spends in orbiting the Sun varies according to the distance they are from the Sun. For this reason, a "year" on each planet is a different amount of time. How old were you on each planet? To get your “age”, follow the instructions below and then look at the chart provided:

Instructions to follow

Multiply your age by 365 (which are the days of a year on Earth) Divide the result by the days of a year of each planet. Look at the example: a woman is 35 and she wants to know how old on Mercury is. If a year on Mercury is 87 days, then: 1. 35 x 365 = 12775 2. 12775 : 87 = 146 years old

The planets and its years

Planet

YEAR

Mercury

87 Earth days

Venus

224 Earth days

Earth

365Earth days

Mars

686 Earth days

Jupiter

11 Earth years

Saturn

29 Earth years

Uranus

84 Earth years

Neptune

164 Earth years

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Worksheet 19B

Use the substitution table below to complete the exercise. Look at the example to help you.

MERCURY

VENUS

YOU

EARTH

MARS

SHE

JUPITER

SATURN

URANUS

YOU

NEPTUNE

THEY

AM IS

…YEARS OLD.

ARE

On MERCURY I am 50 years old.

____________________________________

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STUDENT’S SELF-ASSESSMENT FORM (UNITS 1 and 2) Subject: ___________________

What I liked doing most: ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ What I didn’t like or found difficult: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ How I worked: on my own with the help of the teacher with the help of the other students with commitment without much commitment with difficulty without difficulty

In the group:

I participated actively in the work of the group. I let the other students take the initiative and decide. I accepted all the suggestions of the other students without discussion. I tried to contribute my own ideas and suggestions to the work. ____________________________________________________ WHAT I CAN DO OR WHAT I KNOW

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Worksheet 21

Choose nine words from the board and write them in the squares provided.

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Worksheet 22

Listen to the song and complete the exercises below:

1. Circle the words from the box that appear in the song?

MOON

HELMET

EARTH

CONTROL

EARTHQUAKE

COMES IN

CAPSULE

TOMB

SOMETHING

T-SHIRT

ROBOT

GROUND

CAR

2. Put these sentences from the song in order.

Can you hear me, Major Tom? Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows and I think my spaceship knows which way to go Can you hear me, Major Tom? Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead, there's something wrong Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still Can you hear me, Major Tom?

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David Bowie’s Space Oddity lyrics

Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Ground control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may god’s love be with you. This is ground control to Major Tom. You've really made the grade, and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule, if you dare. This is Major Tom to ground control. I'm stepping through the door. And I'm floating in the most peculiar way. And the stars look very different today. For here, am I sitting in my tin can far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do. Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still and I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows. Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you… Here, am I floating ‘round my tin can far above the Moon. Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.

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Worksheet 24

Read the boxes below.

Imagine the history of the Universe

How was the Earth formed?

Think for a moment the history of the Universe happened in 24 hours. If the Big Bang was 24 hours ago, the Sun and planets were born 7 hours ago. The first humans appeared only in the last 30 seconds.

Scientists think that the Earth began as a cloud of gas and dust, moving around a new star –the Sun. Then gravity forced the gas and dust together into a red-hot ball. After millions of years, this round ball cooled and a rocky crust began to form. Then, poisonous gases from volcanoes formed an atmosphere. Water vapour fell as rain from the clouds over millions of years. The rain formed the oceans.

What does the Earth look like from space? It is a beautiful blue-and-white globe. People thought the Earth was flat but it is round, though not a perfect sphere.

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Why do we have seasons?

As the Earth moves around the Sun, there are periods of the year in which some parts of the Earth are closer to the Sun and others which are farther away. So places receive more light and heat at some times of the year than at others. This produces a pattern of changes in the weather every 3 months called seasons. The Earth is unique No other planet in the Solar System has been proved to

have life on it. It is neither so hot that water boils nor so cold that it freezes. There is oxygen in the atmosphere which, together with water, makes life possible to exist.

The Moon

The Earth has got one satellite, known as Moon. Our Moon is a bit younger than the Earth and it is a very quiet place. It has the same surface area as the continent of Africa. The Moon’s light comes from reflected light from the Sun.

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Worksheet 25

Write your answers in the boxes provided.

1. Question:

Answer

2. Question:

Answer

3. Question:

Answer

4. Question:

Answer

5. Question:

Answer

6. Question:

Answer

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Worksheet 26

Listen to the sentences. Translate and write the ones which are true into your mother tongue. If they are false, correct and write them in English.

S1 1 S2

Now, translate the sentences you wrote in the mother tongue back into English and write them down. You must have the 6 sentences written in English.

S1 1 S2

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After listening to the text, cut out the boxes below, read these short texts and draw what they suggest you.

There are four seasons on Earth: autumn, winter, spring and summer. The first two are cold and the last two are hot.

Earth’s atmosphere is divided into different layers: troposphere (where all living things and the weather are), stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.

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After listening to the text, cut out the boxes below, read these short texts and draw what they suggest you.

Gravity is an invisible force that attracts objects towards another with much more mass. This is the reason why humans cannot jump and stay in the air floating.

Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. It means half of the Earth faces the Sun and gets light from it, which is called “day”. The other half which is dark, it is called “night”.

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BEYOND EARTH This is a about Earth and you will hear some interesting things in relation with our home planet. First of all, a bit of history. We must travel back in time so many years, more than we can imagine, to find the formation of Earth. After the Big Bang, the Earth did not exist as it exists now. Astronomers believe we have to differentiate some stages in the Earth’s formation: in the very beginning, there were just hot clouds of dust and gas circles to form the Sun; later, groups of dust formed together near the centre of the Solar System; the forming Earth was then bombarded with excess gas and dust blown off by the Sun. Much later it is when Earth starts to cool down and volcanoes throw up gases forming clouds; finally, rain fell to make the oceans. We must distinguish some important characteristics about the Earth now, as for example the atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere consists mainly of nitrogen (75%), from the eruption of volcanoes over billions of years, and the oxygen (23%) produced by plants. There are different layers in the atmosphere. All living things and the weather are in the lowest, called the troposphere. Then we have the stratosphere, like a lid of the troposphere. Far above, we find the mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Another important characteristic about Earth are the seasons. As the Earth moves around the Sun, there are periods of the year in which some parts of the Earth are closer to the Sun and others which are farther away. So places receive more light and heat at some times of the year than at others, producing a pattern of changes in the weather called seasons. Places between the equator and the poles have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. As an example, summer happens in the southern hemisphere when the South Pole inclines toward the Sun. On the contrary, winter happens in the southern hemisphere when the South Pole inclines away from the Sun.

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In relation with the spinning Earth, we find the day and night. Although the Sun seems to rise in the sky during the day and sink at night, it is really the Earth that is moving, not the Sun. When a part of the Earth turns towards the Sun, we can see as if the Sun is up in the sky and we have daytime. But, when a part of the Earth turns away from the Sun, it seems to disappear below the horizon. We find there is no light and it is very dark, this is when we say we have night.

Another important characteristic about Earth is gravity. Gravity is an invisible force that attracts objects towards another with much more mass. This is the reason why humans cannot jump and stay in the air floating, for example. When we try to do it, automatically the Earth’s gravity attracts us to the ground. This force of gravity comes from the centre of the Earth, a place we cannot see, and other examples of gravity forces can be found in the Earth and the Moon; the Moon is attracted by the Earth because it has less mass than our home planet. The same happens with the Sun and the eight planets. The Sun has got much more mass than all the planets so the Sun attracts them making them orbit around it.

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Gravity keeps the Solar System’s planets in orbit around the Sun. In fact, every object in the Universe has its own attracting force. The greater an object’s mass (the more matter it contains), the greater its gravity. Gravitation factor on Earth is different from other celestial bodies in the Solar System. How much would you weigh on other planets? And on the Moon? To get your “weight”, follow the instructions below and then look at the chart provided:

Instructions to follow

Multiply your weight by the corresponding gravitation factor provided in the chart below Look at the example: a girl weighs 40 kilos and she wants to know how much she weighs on Jupiter. If the gravitation factor year on Jupiter is 2.5, then: 1. 40 x 2.5 = 100 kilos

The planets and its years

Celestial body

Gravitation factor

Mercury

0.4

Venus

0.9

Moon

0.2

Mars

0.4

Jupiter

2.5

Saturn

0.9

Uranus

0.8

Sun

27.9

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Worksheet 29B

Use the substitution table below to complete the exercise. Look at the example to help you.

MERCURY

VENUS

YOU

MOON

MARS

SHE

WEIGH

JUPITER

WEIGHS

SATURN

URANUS

YOU

SUN

THEY

On Jupiter I weigh 100 kilos.

____________________________________

… KILOS.

Compare your results.

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Worksheet 30

Read the questions and answer just one at a time. Then, pass the sheet to the partner on your right.

1. How much do you weigh on the Sun?

3. How much do you weigh on the Moon?

5. How much do you weigh on Jupiter?

7. How much do you weigh on Mars?

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4. How much do you weigh on Saturn?

6. How much do you weigh on Venus?

8. How much do you weigh on Uranus?

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Follow the sequence by drawing the phases of the moons left:

MARCH MO

SU 1

APRIL MO

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Cut out the pictures of planets and put them in the correct place on this page:

Is this planet a gas giant? YES

YES

Does it have any rings?

YES

Is it the biggest in the Solar System?

YES

Is it the farthest planet from the Sun?

Is the planet you live on?

Is it known as the Red Planet?

YES

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1. Write the names of the correct orbiting objects under each picture:

PLANETS

MOON

EARTH

SPACE STATION

SATELLITE

____________

___________

____________

___________

____________

___________

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2. Complete these splits puzzles:

3. Now, circle the correct option.

OXY

SONS

a) Earth is a cube/sphere/square.

ATMOS

LLITE

b) Saturn is a rocky/gas/small

SEA

planet.

SATE

TOR

c) The Moon’s gravity/air/light.

EQUA

PSE

comes from reflected light from the Sun.

PHERE

d) The Earth takes 24/23/24,5 hours

ECLI

GEN

to rotate on its own axis. e) We can see Full Moon when the

JUPI

ROID

Earth is in front/behind/between the Sun

ASTE

LAE

and the Moon.

LLAXIES

f) There are 365/332/356 days in a

NEBU

MET

year.

TER

g) There are 7/9/8 planets in the Solar System.

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4. The Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun. As the Earth moves around the Sun the seasons change.

Read, write the name of the seasons, and draw pictures. SUMMER

WINTER

AUTUMN

SPRING

IT’S THE COLDEST SEASON OF THE YEAR.

GREEN LEAVES FROM SOME TREES TURN RED, ORANGE, AND BROWN.

THE WEATHER GETS WARMER, FLOWERS OPEN, AND GARDENS BECOME COLOURFUL.

IT’S HOTTEST SEASON OF THE YEAR.

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5. Choose the correct option:

1. A natural object that orbits a planet is called its:

2. Tick all the different types of planets:

3. Which is the smallest planet in the Solar System? a. Jupiter b. Saturn c. Venus d. Mercury

a. ring b. asteroid c. moon d. meteorite

a. small b. rocky c. gas d. metal

4. Which of these space bodies is not smaller than Earth? a. Jupiter b. Moon c. Mars d. Venus

5. The Moon’s light comes from: a. nuclear reactions b. reflected light from the Sun c. its burning hot surface d. its radioactive surface

6. Which of these is not one of the Moon’s phases:

7. The Moon is kept in Earth’s orbit by:

8. Which is the nearest planet to the Sun?

a. energy from the Sun b. magnetism c. gravity d. nuclear power

a. Saturn b. Earth c. Venus d. Mercury

9. Which is the biggest planet in the Solar System? a. Uranus b. Mars c. Jupiter d. Saturn

10. Which one is not a rocky planet?

11. Which one is not a gas giant planet?

a. Mercury b. Venus c. Earth d. Uranus

a. Saturn b. Neptune c. Uranus d. Mars

a. Full Moon b. New Moon c. Blue Moon d. Last Quarter

12. Which two basic things on Earth do humans need to live? a. oxygen b. water c. metal d. iron

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STUDENT’S SELF-ASSESSMENT FORM (UNIT 3) Subject: ___________________

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