VI. Read the text and classify the following statements.
There are eight other planets that travel around the sun. These planets, in order, include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Earth is located between Venus and Mars. The path the planets use when traveling around the sun is oval-shaped and is called its orbit. Each of the planets in the solar system take a different amount of time to orbit the Sun.
Earth takes 365 days or one year to orbit the Sun. The other planets take more or less time to orbit the Sun. It takes Mercury 88 days to travel around the Sun, which is the shortest orbit time compared to other planets. The planet taking the longest time to go around the Sun is Neptune. It takes Neptune almost 165 years to travel around the Sun.
Normally, planets located closer to the sun are hotter than planets farther away. Mercury is the planet nearest the sun, and it can have a temperature of 427°C– much hotter than an oven. Venus is not the planet nearest the sun, but it is the hottest, because it has thick clouds. These clouds let the sun’s heat in, but do not let it out. The temperature on Venus can be 460°C.
The four inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are made of rock containing many different minerals. The four outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are mostly made up of different gases. Jupiter is made mainly of helium, hydrogen, and water. The four outer planets also have rings that encircle them, with Saturn having the most rings.
Other objects in space include the moons of these six planets. A moon is a celestial object (object in space) that orbits another body in space. There are approximately 173 moons throughout the solar system. Earth has a single moon, Mercury and Venus have none, and the planet with the most moons is Jupiter with 63. Not far behind Jupiter is Saturn with 62 moons.Mars has 2 moons named Phobos and Deimos.
Classify the following statements (1-12) as they relate to the given planets. Write the names of the planet next to the statements.
Mercury | Earth | Jupiter | Uranus |
Venus | Mars | Saturn | Neptune |
1. It is the farthest planet from the Sun. ………………..
2. It is the hottest planet. ………………..
3. It takes the shortest time to orbit the Sun. ………………..
4. It takes the longest time to go around the Sun. ………………..
5. The temperature on its surface is about 427°C. ………………..
6. It has the most rings. ………………..
7. It has only one moon. ………………..
8. It has 63 moons. ………………..
9. It has 62 moons. ………………..
10. It is located between Venus and Mars. ………………..
11. It has two moons known as Deimos and Phobos. ………………..
12. It is made mainly of helium, hydrogen, and water. ………………..
