Exercise 2

Name :___________________________
Class :____________________________

Date:________________

Diagram below shows the Solar System

List all the constituens in the Solar System.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

S __ __
P __ __ __ __ __ __
M __ __ __
A __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
C __ __ __ __
M __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
M __ __ __ __ __

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:____________________________________________________
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Complete the crossword puzzle below regarding the constituents of the
SolarSystem.

4.

1.
5

6
2

Across
1. Natural ___________move around planets.
2. ______ can be found between Mars and Jupiter.
3. ____________are also known as shooting stars.
Down
4. Earth and Mercury are___________________.
5. The ______________is at the centre of the Solar System.
6. _____________________are mostly made up of ice and dust.

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A List the planets below accordingly from the nearest to the furthest from
the Sun

SUN
P

S
T

P:

U:

Q:

V:

R:

W:

S:
T:
Answer the questions below.
B

1. What is the nearest planet to the Sun in the Solar System?

_____________
2. What is the third planet from the Sun?
____________________________
3. Name the planet that comes after
Jupiter._________________________
4. Name the planet that lies between Earth and
Jupiter._________________
5. What is the first planet from the Sun in the Solar System?
_____________

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Study the diagram below.

a.

State
i. the biggest planet :____________________
ii. the nearest planet to the Sun:____________________

b.

Which objects in the Solar System

i. emits its own light?
_______________________________________
ii. do not emit their own light?
_______________________________________

c.

What is the centre of the Solar System?

________________________________________________________

d.

Which planet has the smallest orbit? Why ?

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2. State the constituent of our Solar System.

i. ________________________
ii. ________________________
iii. ________________________
iv. ________________________
v._________________________

3.

Picture above shows the sixth planet in the Solar System. Name this planet.
_____________________________________________________
4. Tick (/) the correct statement.
i. The Sun is the Earths natural satellites.
ii. Asteroids belt lies between Mars and Jupiter.
iii. All the planets move around the Sun.
iv. Earth is the biggest planet in our Solar System.
v. The Moon moves around the Earth.
vi. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.

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1.

Answer the questions below

What is represented by the sago, marble and basket ball?

i.

Sago

ii.

Basket ball :

iii.

Marble

_____

2.

What can you say about the size of the Earth compared to the Moon.
___________________________________________________________

3.

What can you say about the size of the Earth compared to the Sun.
___________________________________________________________

4.

What is the ratio of the size of the Moon, earth and the Sun.
Moon

:
:

Earth

Sun

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Draw lines to match correctly.
a.
b.
d.
e.
c.

1.

We can compare the sizes of

the Earth, the Sun and the
Moon by using

1:100

2.

The Sun is

4 times bigger than the Moon

3.

The ratio of the size of the

Sun to the Earth is

400 times bigger than the

Moon

4.

The Earth is

about 12 760 km

The diameter of the Earth is

a marble. a basketball and a

sago respectively

5.

Diagram below shows the distance of the planets from the sun and the size of
the orbits.

Based on the diagram, state:

i. What is changed :__________________________
ii. What is observed :_________________________

b State the relationship between what is changed and what is observed.

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

What is the purpose of this investigation?

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

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_

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1

Table below shows the lists the distance of Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune
from the Sun.
Planet
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Neptune

a.

Distance from the Sun (km)

58 000 000
228 000 000
1 435 000 000
4 500 000 000

Name the planet

i. nearest to the Sun :_______________________
ii. furthest from the Sun :____________________

Arrange the planets from the coldest to the hottest.

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

What is the relationship between the distance of a planet from the Sun and the
temperature of the planet?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

Explain your answer in (c).

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Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

die

melted
air

Earth
colder

suitable warmth
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water
sunlight
th
1. Planet _____________ is the only planet that has living things.
2. Living thing live on Earth because it has ____________,
______________ and ____________.
3. The plants will die if there is no _______________.
4. If the distance of a planet from the Sun increase, the planet will becomes
____________.
5. If the Earth is placed much nearer to the Sun, the ice at the poles of the
Earth will be _______________ and all living things will __________.

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1. Qilah was given three materials as below to show the relative size of the
Moon, the Earth and the Sun.
A basketball, a sago grain, a glass marble
a) Which material is used to represent
i. the Sun ?____________________________
ii. the Earth ?___________________________
iii. the Moon ?____________________________
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
a) State the ratio of distance from the :
Earth to the Moon : Earth to the Sun
______________:______________
b) Earth is conducive for living things because it has______________,
______________________ and _____________________.
c) ____________is the nearest planet to the Sun.
d) The ____________the planet from the Sun, the ___________
the size of the orbits.
e) Pluto has very_______ temperature.
f) All the planets move ____________the Sun following their orbits.

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1 Answer the questions below.

Diagram below shows the third planet in our Solar System.

a) Name this planet.

_________________________________________________

b) Why is this planet conducive for a living things to live?

_________________________________________________

c) What will happen to the living things on this planet if it is place much
nearer to the Sun?
__________________________________________________

d) Give your reason based on your answer in (c).

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An astronaut brought some seeds of a plant and planted them on the
Moon. After a week the seeds were not germinated.
e) What is the reason for the situation above?
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