The Solar System

The universe
Complete the definitions:
a) The universe is an _______________ open space that contains
____________ and all the _____________ bodies. There are
___________ of galaxies in the universe. The universe is constantly
_______________.
b) A galaxy is a group of _________, _____________, _________ and
_________ that orbits a _________. There are billions of _________
in one galaxy. Scientists who study galaxies are called
_______________.
c) Our galaxy is called the _____________. It contains billions of
___________. The most important star for us is the __________. We
can see the Milky Way from the __________.
Write the names:

_______________________________ ____________________________ ______________________________

______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

Planet The Milky Way - Solar System The Sun Stars a

galaxy

The Solar System
Write the names:

True or False:
a) Our Solar System has got nine planets
b) Stars are self-luminous objects
c) The Sun moves around planets
d) Asteroids are small rocks
e) The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter

Which planet is it?

a) It is the smallest planet _______________
b) It is the biggest planet ________________
c) I live on this planet ___________________
d) It is between Uranus and Jupiter ________________
e) It is the furthest planet from the Sun _____________
The Earths rotation
Complete with the following words:

mean solar axis - twenty-four

rotation

The Earth rotates on its ___________. This movements is called

_____________. One rotation takes ____________ hours. We call this a
________________ day.

Day and night

Answer these questions:
a) What does the Earths rotation cause?
____________________________
b) What do we experience when we are facing the Sun?
_______________
c) What do we experience when we are facing away from the Sun?
_____
_______________

The Earths revolution

Correct the mistakes:
a) The Sun orbits around the Earth
____________________________________
b) The Earths revolution takes approximately 635 days
___________________
c) The Earths orbit around the Sun is round
____________________________
d) The Earths axis is vertical
_________________________________________
Complete the text:
a) The season are the result of the ___________ of the Earths axis.
b) Different parts of the Earth receice different amount of
____________ and ____________.
c) When it is summer in the Southern ______________ it is
______________ in the ____________ Hemisphere because the
Southern Hemisphere is looking at the _______.

The Moon
Answer these questions:
a) What is a satellite?
__________________________________________
b) How many satellites has the Earth got?
_________________________
c) Whats it called?
_____________________________________________

Write the phases of the Moon:

a) b) c) d)
The four compass points
Write the four compass points:

Information on maps

key scale North

arrow
The _______________ shows the direction of north
The _______________ shows what the different symbols reperesent.
The _______________ shows the relationship between the size of
something on the map and it real size.

REVIEW UNIT 4
Write the name of the Earths movements

______________ ____________________

Write the name of the planets:

1. 5.
2. 6.
3. 7.
4. 8.