Comprehension and additional task exercises pages 192 and 193 from Next Page Science KS3 Complete. Accompanying PowerPoint and word searches available for free from the website.
This exercise covers:
• What the solar system is and that ours is one of many
• A pictorial of the solar system
• A mnemonic for remembering the order of the planets
• What a satellite is: the moon is our natural satellite and man-made satellites are used for communication, remote monitoring and meteorology
• Planets’ orbit time varies with distance from the sun
• Our galaxy: its name (Milky Way), what it is, how big it is and where we are in it
• The definition of the light year
• How far our nearest star (Alpha Centauri) and galaxy (Andromeda) are
• An exercise plotting orbit time for the eight planets
• An exercise ordering the size of objects
• A true or false exercise on space
• Amazing WHAT? facts
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