8. Task 1:
Complete the following sentences:
1. There are _________ planets in the solar system.
2. _______________ is the planet nearest to the Sun.
3. Earth is the ______________ planet from the Sun.
4. ___________ is the fourth planet from the Sun.
5. ______________ and ______________ are the coldest planets.
6. ________________ is the largest planet.
7.The planets move around the Sun in a path called an ______________.
9. Task 2:
Are the following statements true or false?
1. The Earth is always spinning around. ____________________
2. The Earth spins/rotates on its axis. __________________
3. It takes the Earth 22 hours to spin around once. __________________
4. When it is night-time for us, it is day-time for people living on the
other side of the Earth. __________________
5. The Sun moves in the sky. __________________
10. CEIP BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS
Students´s questions
Gran Canaria.
1. Have you ever seen an alien ?
2. Can anyone be an astronaut ?
3. How fast does a spaceship travel ?
4. Where do you get electricity from in the space station ?
5. What´s it like to float in the air ?
6. Do you get scared in the space ?
7. Can a woman be an astronaut ?
8. How long does it take to get to the moon?
9. Did you want to be an astronaut when you were my age ?
10.What does the earth look like from space ?
11. What does space food taste like?
11. 3
1 1. GREY
4
2. GREEN
6
3
3. BLUE
3
4. YELLOW
5. BLACK
4
4
6. RED
5
3
12. The planet we live on:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
The name of our galaxy:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
A planet named after a Roman goddess:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
There are 200 billion of these in our galaxy:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
The star planets orbit around:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
A force that attracts one object to another:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
An object made of rock or metal that orbits the sun:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
An object that helps you look at space:
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Telescope – meteor – gravity – earth – milkyway – Venus –sun - stars