Astral Bodies and their Movements
1.COMPLETE THE TEXT USING THESE WORDS:
celestial sky planets stars universe
When you look at the ................ at night you can see lots of bright objects.
They are ..................... bodies. The .................... consists of celestial bodies.
We can distinguish two types of celestial bodies:
- Celestial bodies that emit light and illuminate: .....................
- Celestial bodies that do not emit light, but do illuminate: ....................., satellites, etc.
2. READ THE SENTENCES. CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD.
- Stars are celestial bodies that emit/don’t emit their own light.
- Stars are very large/small but they appear very small to us.
- We can see constellations at night/day.
-Stars form groups called Universe/constellations.
3. READ THE INFORMATION ABOUT PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Planets are celestial bodies without their own light.
Planets receive light from the stars.
They reflect this light.
Planets follow a path when they move around stars. This path is called an orbit.
Planets are round and very large.
Eight planets orbit around the Sun:
- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the closest planets to the Sun.
- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the furthest planets from the Sun. They are bigger than
the other planets and have more satellites.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE RIGHT ORDINAL NUMBER:
- Venus is the ......................................... planet from the Sun.
- Mercury is the .................................... planet from the Sun.
- Mars is the .......................................... planet from the Sun.
- Earth is the ......................................... planet from the Sun.
- Jupiter is the ..................................... planet from the Sun.
- Uranus is the ...................................... planet from the Sun.
- Neptune is the ................................... planet from the Sun.
- Saturn is the ...................................... planet from the Sun
FIND OUT AND CIRCLE THE EIGHT PLANETS THAT ORBIT THE SUN
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4.READ THE INFORMATION ABOUT SATELLITES
Satellites are celestial bodies without their own light.
Satellites receive light from the stars.
They orbit around a planet.
Each planet has a certain number of satellites.
5. READ ABOUT OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES IN THE UNIVERSE
There are other celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun:
- Comets: they are made of ice and rocks.
- Asteroids: they are giant rocks. When they fall to Earth they are called meteorites
6. READ THE INFORMATION ABOVE AGAIN AND WRITE TRUE OR FALSE
a. Asteroids are made of ice and rocks.
b. Planets orbit around satellites.
c. Stars have their own light.
d. Planets follow a path called celestial body.
e. Stars orbit around planets.
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INVENT SENTENCES AND READ THEM TO YOUR CLOSE CLASSMATE.
Listen to the song and complete the lyrics in your workbook