Earth

and universe
Here is some information about our Solar System. Replace the
words in Bold and Blue with the correct answers.



v The coldest planet in our Solar System is the Moon.

v 2 people so far have walked on The Moon.

v Light takes 6 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth.

v The five big planets in our Solar System are Pluto, Ceres,
Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

v Mercury is known as the Morning star or the Evening star.

v Uranus has 66 moons.

v The orbital period of Moon around the Earth is 20 days.

v The first person to travel into space was Buzz Aldrin.

v Saturn has approximately the same landmass as Earth.

v The Asteroid belt lies between the planets Mars and Earth.

v In the word 'Solar System' the term 'solar' is simply a word that

means 'of the Moon'.

v Meteors are chunks of rock and ice with a long, bright tail,
which can be seen for many weeks as they move slowly across
the sky.


v "Shooting stars" are actually Comets which streak across the
sky, blazing bright for only a few seconds.

 Earth and universe


Ans key:

v Uranus
v 12 people
v 8 minutes
v Dwarf planets
v Venus
v Jupiter
v 27 days
v Yuri Gagarin (in 1961)
v Mars
v Jupiter
v Sun
v Comets
v Meteors