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Grade 4
2015/2016
(Unit 2) lesson 1
Stars and planets

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 Stars and planets
Complete the following:
1. The number of the planets in the solar system are
2. The Earth is located between..and .
3. The nearest planet to the Sun is., while is the
farthest planet from the Sun.
4. The planets revolve around ., while moons revolve
around..
5. The smallest planet is ., while the biggest planet is
6. Planets revolve around the Sun in a orbits.
7. .. located in the center of the solar system and there are
...that revolve around it.

Give reasons:
1. The Sun looks bigger to us than the other stars.


2. The Sun is a star but the Earth is a planet.


3. The moon is a dark body but we see it shining.


4. The stars appear very small to us.

.

Write the scientific term:

1. Dark objects revolve around the Sun in fixed orbits. ( )
2. Shiny bodies radiates heat and light and appear in the sky at night.
( )
3. A planet called the red planet. ( )
4. A dark object reflects the sun light. ( )
5. A planet called the blue planet. ( )
6. The most beautiful planet. ( )

Arrange the following planets from the nearest to the farthest from the
sun
Mars Jupiter- Mercury - Neptune Uranus Earth Saturn.
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 Model Answers

Complete the following:

1- eight. 2- Mars, Venus. 3- Mercury, Neptune.
4- the Sun, planets. 5- Mercury, Jupiter. 6- fixed.
7- The Sun, 8 planets.

Give reasons:
1. Because it is the nearest star to us.
2. Because the Sun is a shiny body emits(radiates) light and heat but the Earth is a
dark body.
3. Because it reflects the sunlight falling on its surface.
4. Because they are very distant (far) from us.

Write the scientific term:

1. Planets. 2- Stars. 3- Mars. 4- Moon. 5- Neptune
5- Venus

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

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