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T SC 2549538 Year 5 Earth and Space Revision Activity Mat - Ver - 12 5 6

The document provides educational content for Year 5 students about Earth and space, including the order of planets and definitions of key terms like rotate, revolve, and axis. It explains solar eclipses and the characteristics of spherical bodies in space that classify them as planets. Additionally, it includes activities such as matching movements to their time and drawing diagrams related to the solar system.

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T SC 2549538 Year 5 Earth and Space Revision Activity Mat - Ver - 12 5 6

The document provides educational content for Year 5 students about Earth and space, including the order of planets and definitions of key terms like rotate, revolve, and axis. It explains solar eclipses and the characteristics of spherical bodies in space that classify them as planets. Additionally, it includes activities such as matching movements to their time and drawing diagrams related to the solar system.

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Year 5 Earth and Space - Answers

The planet names have been jumbled up. Write them out Draw a line from each word to its explanation.
in order, starting with the one closest to the Sun: Saturn,
Neptune, Mercury, Uranus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Venus rotate Earth has a north and south one.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, revolve An imaginary line around which the Earth.

Uranus, Neptune
axis A spinning movement.

hemisphere A turning motion around.

Explain what happens during a solar eclipse. Fill in the missing words.
The Moon is not a source of light but reflects
Example answer: During a solar eclipse, the Moon’s orbit
light from the Sun. The part of the moon
of the Earth causes it to move in front of the Sun and
we see depends on where it is when
block the Sun’s rays.
orbiting the Earth.

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Which of these does a body in
Explain what a spherical body in Circle the examples of spherical
our Solar System need for it to be
space is. Use the word ‘gravity’ in bodies in space: classed as a planet?
your explanation.
Put a tick next to the correct ones.
A spherical body is something Jupiter asteroids It orbits the Sun.
that is big enough to have its own
It has moons.
gravity so as to be nearly spherical.
Sun Pluto It is not made of gas.
It is big enough to have cleared
human-made away any debris floating near to it.
Earth
satellite It is spherical (or nearly spherical).

Draw a line to match each Here is a diagram of the Sun. Draw the Earth and its moon in relation to
movement to the time it takes. the Sun. Draw arrows to show the direction of the orbit of the Earth and of
the Moon.
The Earth
rotating 365 days
once on its axis.

The Moon orbiting


the Earth once. 28 days

The Earth orbiting


24 hours
the Sun once.

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