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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
SUPPORT TEACHING RESOURCES
Sheet 18A
KEY SOLUTIONS FOR WORKSHEET 18A
1. Classify the planets into two groups:
JUPITER
EARTH
VEUS
MARS
EPTUE
SATUR
URAUS
MERCURY
EARTH
SATURN
VENUS
JUPITER
MARS
NEPTUNE
MERCURY
URANUS
Which criterion did you use? inner/outer planets – gas giants/small rocky one –the
four closest to the Sun/the four farthest from the Sun
2. Complete the sentences.
There are 8 planets in the Solar System and the main star is the Sun.
Galaxies are enormous groups of stars, gases and dust.
Our home galaxy is called the Milky Way.
The Moon is the Earth’s satellite.
The name of the planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Raül Martínez Verdún
CEIP Miguel de Unamuno
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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Sheet 18B
KEY SOLUTIONS FOR WORKSHEET 18B
3. Complete the word map.
THE SOLAR
SYSTEM
belongs to
The Milky
Way
is made up of
2.THE SU
planets
3. ASTEROIDS
4. COMETS
is a
Halley
Great
Bear
are divided
into
is a
5.
COSTELLATIOS
can have
star
1. GALAXY
6. IER
PLAETS
7. OUTER
PLAETS
8.
MERCURY
11. JUPITER
Venus
12. SATUR
satellites
for example
14. THE
MOO
9. EARTH
Uranus
10. MARS
13.
EPTUE
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Raül Martínez Verdún
CEIP Miguel de Unamuno
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
SUPPORT TEACHING RESOURCES
Sheet 18C
KEY SOLUTIONS FOR WORKSHEET 18C
4. Read A and B and complete the information asked:
A
1. Draw a planet which is a gas giant.
2. Write down the names of the other gas giants.
JUPITER
URAUS
SATURN
NEPTUNE
3. What is the difference between a gas giant and
a small rocky planet?
Rocky planets are solid and gas giants aren’t.
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B
1. Draw a planet which is a small rocky one.
2. Write down the names of the other small rocky
planets.
MARS
VENUS
EARTH
MERCURY
3. What is the difference between Mars and Neptune?
Mars is small and rocky, Neptune is giant and gas
Raül Martínez Verdún
CEIP Miguel de Unamuno