Th

he Solar System
m
SP7a..3 engthen
Stre n
1 The state
ements below
w describe different bodie
es in the Solar System. Write
W down thhe type of bo
ody that is
being desscribed.

a all lump of dirty ice orbitin

a sma ng the Sun _
__________
___________
___________
___________
___________
_

b a sma
all lump of ro
ock orbiting the Sun ____
__________
___________
___________
___________
___________
_

c a hug
ge ball of gass that radiate
es energy __
__________
___________
___________
___________
___________
_

d a larg
ge body in sp
pace that orb
bits a star __
__________
___________
___________
___________
___________
_

e anyth
hing that orbits a planet that
t has not b
been made by
b humans ___________
_ ___________
___________
_

f a rocky body that is not quite big enough tto be called a planet (e.g. Pluto) ____
___________
___________
_

S1 Describ
be the six diffferent types of body in th
he Solar Systtem which arre mentionedd in the SP7a
a pages of
the Student Book.

2 Tick the b
boxes to shoow ways in which
w astrono
omers can ob
bserve the Universe and how they ma
ade
observatiions in the pa
ast.

500
0 years ago Today
T

a obserrvations mad
de with the ‘n
naked eye’

b use ccomputers to
o record imag
ges

c write down observvations or drraw pictures

d use ccameras to ta
ake photogra
aphs

e use telescopes to detect faint or dim obje

ects

S2 Give tw
wo ways in which observing the Unive
erse is differe
ent for astron
nomers todayy compared with
w
500 yeaars ago.

3 The list sshows the pla

anets in the Solar
S System
m in order of their distanc
ce from the S
Sun. Fill in the
e names of
the plane ets.
M______
____, V_____
_____, Earth
h, M_______
___, J______
____, S____
______, U__________, N_
_________
4 The senteences describe different ideas about the Solar Sy
ystem. Write numbers in the boxes to
o show the
order in w e held these ideas.
which people

□ The
e planets move around th
he Sun in elliiptical orbits
s.

□ The
e planets and
d the Sun all move aroun
nd the Earth.

□ e planets move around th

The he Sun in circcular orbits.

□ Thee Solar Syste

em includes eight
e planetss, five dwarf planets, tho
ousands of ccomets and millions
m
of a
asteroids.

asteroid comet dwarf pla

anet na
atural satellite plannet star

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