The Solar System and Earth

Choose the FALSE sentence about the Sun

• The Sun is the star of the Solar System

• The Sun is a medium-sized star

• The Sun is vital for life to exist in our planet

• The Sun is a planet that gives us heat and light

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How long is one Earth’s rotation?

• 60minutes

• 24 days

• 24 hours

• 24 months

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How long does it take to the Earth to make one full revolution around the Sun?

• 365 days

• 24 days

• 1 week

• 356 days

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Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Uranus

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Label the Solar System

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f

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h

e

j

d

c

b

a

Jupiter

Venus

Saturn

Asteroid Belt

Mars

Mercury

Neptune

Sun

Uranus

Earth

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Label the Solar System

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f

g

h

e

j

d

c

b

a

Mars

Mercury

Saturn

Venus

Uranus

Asteroid Belt

Sun

Neptune

Earth

Jupiter

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all objects bound to the sun​ (a)  

• solar system

• milky way

• system

• wind

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The Gas Giant planets are...​ (a)  

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mercury, Earth, Neptune, Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mars

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Match the following planets to their descriptions

• Jupiter

• Has the most rings

• Uranus

• Has a large storm in its atmosphere known as the "red spot"

• Venus

• One of the few that rotates clockwise

• Mars

• Has 2 moons

• Saturn

• Has a very tilted axis

Match the following:

• ice with a tail of dust and gas orbiting the sun

• planet

• rock and metal orbiting the sun

• asteroid

• a rocky or gassy mass orbiting a star

• star

• a larger rocky satellite of a planet

• comet

• create light and energy

• moon

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