NAME: _________________________________

LEVEL: _____________

DATE: __________________________________

SUBJECT: READING

EARTH AND THE MILKY WAY

A. PREVIEWING THE ARTICLE.
1. What do you already know about our solar system?
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2. What do you think is the Milky Way Galaxy?
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B. PUT THE PLANETS IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
___ Earth
___ Venus
___ Jupiter
___ Pluto
___ Mercury
___ Mars
___ Saturn
___ Neptune
___ Uranus

C. COMPLETE.
1. The 4 planets closest to the _______ are ___________, Venus, _______, and Earth.
2. The Sun is a medium sized ________ that lights up __________ and provides us
with _________.
3. Our solar system consists of the sun, ___ planets, and their moons, an
___________________ and many _________ and meteors.
4. The Sun is _____________________ miles from Earth.
5. ________________ is the Center of our solar system.
6. More than ____ moons orbit the sun.
7. The biggest planet in the solar system is __________.
8. Ganymede has a diameter of _________ miles and it is bigger than the planet
_________ or Mercury.
9. A star is made of ___________.
10. ____________ are rocky or metallic objects in many shapes that orbit the sun.
11. A comets tail contain ______ and dust.

D. PUT T IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE OR F IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE. If it is

FALSE, correct the statement.
1. ___ The sun is 147,680,000 kilometers from Earth.
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2. ___ Comets and meteorites orbit the moon.
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3. ___ The suns core can reach less than 15,000,000 degrees Celsius.
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4. ___ The sun is the closest star to Earth.
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5. ___ The biggest volcano is in Pluto.
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6. ___ All the other planets fit inside Jupiter.
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E. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1.

What is the biggest moon in our solar system?

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2.

What do you think would happen if the sun no longer burned?

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3.

What is the ATMOSPHERE?

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4.

What is a galaxy? What is the name of Earths galaxy?

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5.

What are sunspots?

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6.

What are planets? What planets are visible to Earth without a telescope?
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7.

What are Meteoroids? What happens when it enters Earths atmosphere?

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8.

What is a constellation? How many constellations are there?

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9.

What is the zodiac?

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10. How is a star cluster different from a constellation?

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