✄ tuesday
year 4 - unit 13: outer space
10 october 2017 tHe star/step up
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The space race HERE’S a pop quiz that tests your general knowledge about space. The answers are placed in the box below as hints. See if you can match them to the correct facts! Question 11 is a bonus as one of the answers in the box repeats itself. Which one is it?
Charon
Earth
Saturn
Pluto
Venus
Phobos
Deimos
Neptune
Sun
Uranus
Mars
1. Scientists have sent robots called rovers to planet _______________. (1 mark) 2. There is only one star in our solar system. It is the _______________. (1 mark) 3. _______________ has more volcanoes than any other planets. (1 mark) 4. The two small moons of Mars are called _______________ and _______________. (2 marks) 5. Besides Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, planet _______________ too has rings around it. (1 mark) 6. The coldest planet in our solar system is _______________. (1 mark) 7. The windstorms on this planet blow three times as fast as hurricanes on Earth. _______________ is the stormiest planet in our solar system. (1 mark) 8. It takes eight minutes for light to travel to _______________. The sunlight you see right now left the Sun’s surface eight minutes ago! (1 mark) 9. Pluto’s largest moon is _______________. (1 mark) 10. _______________ was once considered a planet. Then, scientist decided it was too small, so it is now known as a dwarf planet. (1 mark) 11. _______________ is not the closest planet to the Sun but it is the hottest planet because it has many clouds that trap in heat. (3 marks)
Answers: 1. Mars 6. Uranus 11. Venus
2. Sun 7. Neptune
3. Venus 8. Earth
4. Phobos; Deimos 9. Charon
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5. Saturn 10. Pluto