UNIT 9: Solar System (Textbook page 84)

1. Match with the correct following statement.

Looks like a snowball but

has a tail. It is made of
rock and ice. The tail is
Comet made of dust and gas and
it streams behind the
comet as it nears the
Sun.

Gigantic ball of hot gas.

They look small to us
Planets
because they are actually
very far away.

Round-shaped object
that move around the
stars. They shine by
Asteroid
reflecting the star’s
light. They are larger
than asteroids.

Irregular- shaped rocks

Stars
that orbit the Sun.

2. Answer True (T) or False (F).

1. The stars look so small from Earth because they are far away.
2
A comet is made of ice and gas.
.
3
Stars are made up of dust and rocks.
.
4
Asteroids are smaller than planets.
.
5
Planets orbit the Sun.
.