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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 6
The Eight Planets
of the Solar System
Science – Grade 5 SSES
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Quarter 4 – Module 6 the Eight Planets of the Solar System

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 What I Know

Identify the planet that is described in Column A and match it with the
items in Column B. Write the letter of you answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

Column A Column B

1. This planet is a huge ball of gas and is A. Earth

the least dense of all planets such that
B. Jupiter
it is lighter than water.
2. It is the biggest of all the planets in the C. Mars
solar system – more than eleven times D. Mercury
bigger than the earth.
E. Neptune
3. It is a blue planet which has faint
rings and is about four times bigger F. Saturn
than our planet.
G. Uranus
4. It is the only known planet in the solar
H. Venus
system to have liquid water in it.
5. This is the smallest planet in the solar
system and is the closest to the sun.
6. This planet is red because its soil
oxidizes and is currently being visited
by spacecraft Perseverance.
7. This planet’s axis is tilted more than
that of any other planets such that it
rotates on its side.
8. This planet has a thin atmosphere and
has its rocky surface altered by
volcanic eruptions, and chemical
reactions.
9. This planet is known as our planet’s
twin and is also the hottest planet in
the solar system.
10. This planet has a big red spot which is
actually an enormous storm whirling
in its atmosphere.

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 Lesson
The Eight Planets of the
1 Solar System
The planet Earth is part of a family. It is one of the eight planets that
belong to the solar system. Each planet moves around the sun. There are
many millions of kilometres between the planets. Two planets are closer to
the sun than the Earth. The other five are farther away from the sun than our
planet. Four are much bigger and has rings. Six of the planets have moons.

All of these planets are tied to the sun by its gravity. They are the sun’s
family, called the solar system.

What’s In

During some nights we can see five of the planets in the sun’s family,
shining like stars. The difference between a star and a planet is that stars
seem to twinkle but planets shine with a steady light. On a clear night, too,
you may see thousands of twinkling stars. They seem to be scattered over the
sky. You can try to see shapes and patterns in the stars.
People used their imagination to link the stars together to form shapes
and patterns in the sky. These shapes and patterns are called constellations.
Arrange the jumbled up capital letters to identify the star patterns
below. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1.
SAUR JAROM 2.

ARUS MORIN

Polaris

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 3.

ABRIL

4.

SIERA

5.

EISAPICASO

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 What’s New
Start from the arrow that says ‘Begin Here’ and navigate your way
through this maze which contains a hidden message.

Write the secret message on a separate sheet of paper. Observe proper

punctuation as you write.

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 What is It

Every day, the sun appears to travel across the Earth’s sky from east to
west. In fact, the Earth circles the sun. The Earth is part of the sun’s family,
called the solar system. It is one of eight bodies called main planets that circle
the sun. A planet is a heavenly body that is in orbit around a star, like the
sun, must be big enough to have enough gravity to have a nearly-rounded
shape and big enough that its gravity cleared away any objects of a smaller
size near its orbit.

The eight main planets are the most important members of the sun’s
family. In order of distance from the sun, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The first four are small rocky
bodies. The next four are giants, made up mainly of gas and ice.

Mercury is the smallest planet, with a

rocky solid, cratered surface, much like the
Earth’s moon.

The two spacecraft of ESA-JAXA’s

(European Space Agency and Japan Planet Type Terrestrial
Aerospace Exploration Agency) Distance from 55 million km
the Sun
BepiColombo are en route to Mercury. Size 2 440 km radius
NASA’s Mariner 10 was the first mission to No. of Moons 0
No. of Rings 0
explore Mercury and NASA’s MESSENGER Length of Day 59 Earth days
was the first to orbit the innermost planet. Length of Year 88 Earth days

Venus is the hottest planet in our

solar system even though it is only the
second planet from the sun.

Another strange thing about Venus is

that it spins backwards, from east to west,
with the sun rising in the west and setting in
the east.

This planet’s thick, toxic atmosphere

is filled with carbon dioxide and it is
perpetually covered in thick, yellowish
clouds of mostly sulfuric acid that trap heat,
causing a greenhouse effect.

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 Planet Type Terrestrial
Venus’ high surface temperatures of Distance from 108 million km
465 degrees Celsius overheat electronics in the Sun
spacecraft in a short time so it seems Size 6 052 km radius
No. of Moons 0
unlikely that a person could survive long on No. of Rings 0
its surface. Length of Day 243 Earth days
Length of Year 225 Earth days
Venus was the first planet to be
explored by a spacecraft – NASA’s Mariner 2
scanned it in 1962. Since then, more than
40 spacecraft have explored the planet,
including NASA’s Magellan, which mapped
the planet’s surface with radar; Soviet
Union’s Venera 13, which survived the
intense heat and crushing pressure of its
surface; and Japan’s Akatsuki is currently
orbiting Venus.

Our home planet is the only place we

know of so far that is inhabited by living
things. While Earth is only the fifth largest
planet in the solar system, it is also the only
world with liquid water covering more than
70% of its surface.

Earth’s atmosphere is made up of 78%

nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% of other
elements, which is the perfect balance to
breathe and live.

Many orbiting spacecraft study the Planet Type Terrestrial

Earth from above as a whole system, Distance from 150 million km
the Sun
observing the atmosphere, oceans, glaciers Size 6 371 km radius
and the solid earth. The Philippine’s Maya-2 No. of Moons 1
CubeSat, the second nanosatellite made by No. of Rings 0
Filipinos, launched last February 21 of this Length of Day 23.9 hours
Length of Year 365.25 days
year, is among those.

Mars is a dusty, cold, desert world

with a very thin atmosphere. It is also a
dynamic planet with seasons, polar ice caps,
canyons, extinct volcanoes, and evidence
that it was even more active in the past.

Mars is known as the Red Planet

because iron minerals in the soil oxidize, or
rust, causing the soil and the atmosphere to
look red.

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 Planet Type Terrestrial
The planet has a thin atmosphere that Distance from 228 million km
allows heat to escape easily. It is made up the Sun
mostly of carbon dioxide, argon, nitrogen Size 3 390 km radius
and a small amount of oxygen and water No. of Moons 2
No. of Rings 0
vapor. Length of Day 24.6 hours
Length of Year 687 Earth days
NASA’s next-generation Perseverance
rover touched down on Mars on February
18, 2021 and is only one of the three
spacecraft that arrived on Mars this year.
The other two are Hope orbiter from United
Arab Emirates and Tianwen-1 mission from
China. Several missions have already visited
this planet, with Mariner 4 as the first true
successful mission in 1965.

Jupiter, is the largest planet in the

solar system. The planet’s composition is
similar to a star, but it never got big enough
to start burning.

One iconic feature of Jupiter is the

Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds,
which is a giant storm bigger than Earth that
has raged for hundreds of years. The planet
is also surrounded by moons and several Planet Type Gas Giant
rings. However, its rings are very faint and Distance from 778 million km
the Sun
made of dust, not ice. Size 69 991 km radius
No. of Moons 79
NASA’s Juno orbiter, which was first No. of Rings 4
Length of Day 9.93 hours
to study the planet’s mysterious cloud- Length of Year 11.86 Earth years
covered interior, is currently exploring this
giant world, although nine spacecraft have
already visited Jupiter. Pioneer 10 was the
first spacecraft to fly past Jupiter, while
Galileo mission was the first to orbit Jupiter
and to send an atmospheric probe into the
stormy clouds.

Saturn is the second largest planet in

our solar system, with a beautiful ringlets.
Its rings are made up of chunks of ice and
rock, thought to have been pieces of comets,
asteroids or shattered moons that broke up

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before they reached the planet, torn apart by
Saturn’s powerful gravity.

Saturn is that it is the only planet in

the solar system which has an average
density that is less than water, meaning, if
there is an ocean big enough to contain the
solar system, all the planets will sink, except
for Saturn.
Planet Type Gas Giant
The planet is blanketed with clouds Distance from 1.4 billion km
that appear as faint stripes, jet streams and the Sun
Size 58 232 km radius
storms. In its north pole is an interesting No. of Moons 82
atmospheric feature, a six-sided jet stream. No. of Rings 500-1000
Length of Day 10.7 hours
This hexagon-shaped pattern is a wavy jet Length of Year 29 Earth years
stream of 322 km per hour winds, with a
massive, rotating storm at the center.

Few missions have visited Saturn

because of its not-so-friendly environment,
with Pioneer 11 and Voyagers 1 and 2 which
flew by it and Cassini which orbited the
planet 294 times from 2004 to 2017.

Uranus is known as the ‘sideways

planet’, because it rotates on its side in a
clockwise direction, unlike most planets.

Due to Uranus’ unique sideways

rotation, the planet experiences seasons
where its north pole experiences 21 years of
nighttime in winter, 21 years of daytime in
summer and 42 years of day and night in the
spring and fall.

Uranus has methane above a small

rocky center. Methane gas absorbs the red
portion of the light, resulting in the planet’s
blue-green color.

Uranus also has faint rings. The inner

rings are narrow and dark. The outer rings
are brightly colored and easier to see.

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 Planet Type Ice Giant
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to fly Distance from the 2.9 billion km
Sun
by Uranus. No spacecraft has orbited this
Size 25 362 km radius
distant planet to study it at length and up No. of Moons 27
close, although more recent observations No. of Rings 13
Length of Day 17 hours
reveal it has dynamic clouds. Length of Year 84 Earth years

Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic

winds, ice giant Neptune is farthest planet
in our solar system. Neptune is the only
planet in our solar system which is not
visible to the naked eye.

Neptune is our solar system’s windiest

world, made up of methane over an Earth-
sized solid center.

All giant planets have rings, but Planet Type Ice Giant
Neptune’s rings are thought to be relatively Distance from 4.5 billion km
the Sun
young and short-lived, and are very hard to Size 24 622 km radius
see. No. of Moons 14
No. of Rings 6
Length of Day 16 hours
A large, oval-shaped storm in Length of Year 165 Earth years
Neptune’s southern hemisphere dubbed as
the ‘Great Dark Spot’ was large enough to
contain the entire Earth.

NASA’s Voyager 2 is the only

spacecraft to have visited Neptune up close.
It flew past 1989 on its way out of the solar
system.

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 What’s More

Activity 1. Fill in the table with the missing details. Write your answer
on a separate sheet of paper.

PLANET DIST. SIZE NO. OF NO. LENGTH LENGTH

FROM MOONS OF OF DAY OF YEAR
THE RINGS
SUN

MERCURY 55 2 440 0 0 88 Earth

million km days
km radius

VENUS 108 6 052 0 0 243

million km Earth
km radius days

EARTH 150 1 0 23.9 365.25

million hours days
km

MARS 3 390 2 0 24.6 687 Earth

km hours days
radius

JUPITER 778 69 991 4 9.93

million km hours
km radius

SATURN 1.4 82 500- 10.7 29 Earth

billion 1000 hours years
km

URANUS 2.9 27 13 17 84 Earth

billion hours years
km

NEPTUNE 4.5 24 622 14 16

billion km hours
km radius

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 Activity 2. Match the descriptions in Column A with its planet in
Column B. A planet may be described more than once. Use only capital letters
in answering. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Column A Column B

1. This planet is tilted to its side while

A. Earth
traveling around the sun in a clockwise
direction. B. Jupiter
2. This planet’s thin atmosphere cannot
support life as we know it now and is C. Mars
currently explored by Perseverance,
determining the planet’s past and future D. Mercury
potential for life.
E. Neptune
3. This terrestrial planet is a cold, dusty,
desert world with dynamic seasons, F. Saturn
polar ice caps, iron minerals and a small
amount of oxygen and water vapor in its G. Uranus
atmosphere.
4. It is the fifth largest planet in the solar H. Venus
system with a hospitable mix of elements
making life suitable.
5. This planet’s rings are made up of
chunks of ice and rocks, and is
blanketed by clouds appearing as faint
stripes.
6. There has been no evidence of life had
been found in this small, cratered,
terrestrial planet which rotates so slow,
its day is nearly as long as its year.
7. This world is composed of the same
elements that make up a star and has a
giant storm raging on it for hundreds of
years.
8. This planet is the hottest as it traps in
heat and rotates from east to west, with
its day lasting longer than its year.
9. This giant icy world has both a ring
system and a dark spot that is short-
lived.
10. It still is not the hottest planet despite
being only 55 million km from the sun.

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 Activity 3. Let us take a quick quest around the solar system by
answering the questions and following the order they are arranged. Enjoy!

1. You see many shades 5. Not quite!

of yellow, brown and gray. More than 40 spacecraft
In its north pole is a from different countries and
hexagon-shaped pattern different agencies have
of a wavy jet stream of 322 explored the planet Venus,
km/hr winds. Where are most notable is Venera 13,
you? surviving heat and pressure
Neptune – Go to 8 for two hours. Perseverance is
Saturn – Go to 4 not one of them.
Return to 16.

2. Correct again! 6. No!

Uranus’ unique tilt Rotating on its side is
makes the planet appear to not Saturn’s unique feature.
spin on its side, orbiting the Saturn’s uniqueness lies in
sun like a rolling ball. Which its characteristic average
gas giant was visited by a density that is less than
spacecraft named Juno? water, which makes the
Saturn – Slide to 11 planet lighter that water.
Jupiter – Slide to 16 Return to 13.

3. Hooray! 7. Excellent choice!

Perseverance is tasked One iconic feature of
with surface-based analysis Jupiter is the Great Red
of the Martian environment Spot which is really a great
seeking preserved signs of storm raging the planet for
microbial life that may have centuries. Which planet
formed in Mars. has red hue due to iron in
Go to 22 to complete your soil that oxidizes?
mission. Earth – Move to 17
Mars – Move to 12

4. Lucky start! 8. You’ve taken the wrong

Saturn is blanketed with answer!
clouds that appear as faint Neptune is a vivid,
stripes of yellow, brown and bright blue color due to
gray. In which planet should the presence of methane
you find 21% of oxygen in in its atmosphere. Winds
the atmosphere? whip clouds at 2000
Earth – Proceed to 15 km/hr.
Venus – Proceed to 9 Start back at 1.

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9. Nope! 13. Right!
Venus’ thick, toxic Neptune’s rings are
atmosphere is filled with relatively young and short-
carbon dioxide and it is lived and may not last long.
perpetually covered in thick, This ringed planet’s
yellowish clouds of mostly uniqueness lies in its
sulfuric acid that trap heat, ‘sideways’ rotation.
causing a greenhouse effect. Uranus – Head back to 2
Return to 4. Saturn – Head back to 6

10. You’ve tripped off the trail! 14. Na…ah!

Although it was only in Uranus’ Great Dark
1979 when Jupiter was Spot are clouds which
discovered to have a few rings, according to recent
there was no evidence that it observations reveal to be
was short-lived. Its rings are dynamic clouds.
just faint as it si made of dust,
not ice. Hit back to 19.
Go back to 18.

11. Not again! 15. Brilliant!

Few spacecraft have Earth’s atmosphere is
visited Saturn because of its made up of 78% nitrogen,
not-so-friendly environment, 21% oxygen and 1% of
with Pioneer 11, Voyagers 1 other materials suitable to
and 2 and Cassini as its most breathe and live. Which
notable robotic visitors. planet was visited by
MESSENGER?
Fly back to 2. Mars – Move to 21
Mercury – Move to 19

12. You have a very good 16. Okay!

showing! NASA’s Juno orbiter
Mars is known as the was first to study the
Red Planet because iron planet’s mysterious interior.
minerals in the soil oxidize, With the mission of finding
or rust. Which planet is the possibility of life, which
hottest in the solar system? planet did Perseverance visit
Mercury – Go to 20 on February 2021?
Venus – Go to 18 Mars – Proceed to 3
Venus – Proceed to 5

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17. Bad fall out! 20. Nein!
While Earth does have Though Mercury is only
the element iron in its crust, 58 million kilometers from
it does not make our planet the sun, with a thin
red enough when viewed in atmosphere where surface
outer space. temperatures can reach up
to 430 degrees Celsius, it
Retreat back to 7. still is not the hottest planet.
Bounce back to 12.

18. Yes! 21. Ay…yay..yay!

Venus’ atmosphere Mars is currently being
traps heat and causes the explored by NASA’s
planet’s temperature to soar Perseverance since its touch
to as high as 465 degrees down on February 18, after
Celsius. Which giant planet its 203-day journey. Hope
has rings that will probably and Tianwen-1 are the other
not last long? two spacecraft currently on
Jupiter – Turn to 10 Mars.
Neptune – Turn to 13 Run back to 15.

19. You scored it right! 22. Congratulations dear

NASA’s MESSENGER learner!
was the first to orbit Your mission has
Mercury. Which planet been completed! You
features a spot that really may now move on to
is a storm? your next task! Have
fun while learning
Uranus – Trek back to 14 something new!
Jupiter – Trek back to 7

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 What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Choose the correct answers
inside the box. Use a separate sheet of paper in writing your answers.

Earth Neptune
Jupiter Saturn
Mars Uranus
Mercury Venus

There are eight planets in the solar system. These are Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars (1) _____, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They all go around the
sun in a path called an orbit.
The first four planets are called terrestrial planets because they have a
rocky surface. The planet (2) _____ looks like a moon, bare and with millions of
craters. Next is the planet Venus, which rotates backwards, from east to west,
much like the planet (3) _____, which spins on its side. (4) _____ is so far the
only planet where life as we know it can exist because of its favorable
conditions in sustaining life. The Red Planet is Mars, so called because of the
red hues caused by iron oxidizing in its soil.
Jupiter and Saturn are both gas giants because of their size and their
composition is mostly hydrogen and helium, which are gases. Jupiter’s main
feature is the Great Red Spot, which is actually a storm raging on for
hundreds of years. What makes (5) _____ unique besides its rings is that its
average density makes it lighter than water and a hexagonally-shaped jet
stream on its north pole.
Uranus and Neptune are called ice giants because they are composed
of frozen gas. Uranus spins backwards on its side and Neptune is notable for
being the windiest planet in the solar system. Both planets get their blue color
from methane in its atmosphere.

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 What I Can Do

Title: Solar System Mobile Model

Caution: This activity requires you to cut paper. Caution should be

practiced and ask for the assistance of your parents or guardians when
handling sharp objects.

Problem: What characterizes each planet?

What You Need:

cartolina paper plate tape

crayons pencil yarn
glue pom-pom (orange)
paper clip scissors
What You Need to Do:

1. Draw the eight planets according to their descriptions. Cut the

illustrations. Exercise caution in handling sharp objects and
request help from older members of the family when necessary.
2. Punch holes in the paper plate and mark out the positions of the
planets.
3. Measure and cut the strings to appropriate lengths and attach them
to the designated planets. (One five-inch string for the sun, four ten-
inch string pieces for the terrestrial planets and four twelve-inch
string pieces for the gas and ice giants should be prepared.)
4. Glue or paste the copy of the planet template to a cardstock paper.
Color the cut-out planets.
5. Tape one end of the strings to the back of the cardstock paper with
the planet copy. Put the other end of the string on the punched holes
of the paper plate and tie it at a paper clip. Do the same for all the
planet templates. Tie the pom-pom with a yarn and slip the yarn on
the hole in the paper plate, then tie the end to a paper clip.
6. To hang the mobile, punch four more holes at the ends of the paper
plate, then tie the four ends of the strings together.
What Have You Found Out:

Analyze each question very well. Use complete sentences when

answering. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What characterizes each planet?

2. Compare the gas giants from the ice giants.

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 3. Compare the terrestrial planets from the gas and ice giants.
4. How did you decide on the positions of the planets?
5. Why is the sun at the center of the mobile?
6. From the mobile model, what do you think is holding the planets
together?
7. Why do you think are the four terrestrial planets smaller than the
giants?
8. Why are the ice and gas giant planets too big?
9. What particular feature is common among the gas giants and the ice
giants?
10. What do you think makes the gas and ice giants bigger than the
terrestrial planets?

Assessment

Analyze each test question. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Why is Earth the perfect place for life?
I. because Earth has hospitable temperature
II. because Earth is the only planet with liquid water
III. because Earth has an atmosphere, oceans, glaciers and the solid
earth
IV. because Earth’s atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21%
oxygen and 1% of other elements
A. I, II, III C. I, III, IV
B. I, II, IV D. II, III, IV

2. If Jupiter becomes bigger than it already is, what could happen to the
planet?
A. It will be big enough to start burning and implode.
B. It will be big enough to start burning and be a star.
C. It will be big enough to start burning and distort its rings.
D. It will be big enough to start burning and engulf its moons.

3. Why can Mars surface not support life as we know it?

A. because its soil easily oxidizes or rusts
B. because it had evidence of active volcanoes
C. because its surface is altered by chemical reactions
D. because its thin atmosphere allows the sun’s heat to escape
easily

4. How would you describe the planet Mercury?

A. It has a surface that burns and an atmosphere that freezes.

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 B. It has an atmosphere with the right ingredient to sustain life.
C. It is a small planet with a rocky solid surface like the Earth’s
moon.
D. It is like the Earth in size, and it is too hot in the day and too
cold at night.

5. Why is Neptune the only planet that is not visible to the naked eye?
A. because Neptune is too far away from the sun
B. because Neptune is too far away from the Earth
C. because Neptune is the only planet to be discovered using
Mathematics
D. because the telescope was not yet invented during the discovery
of Neptune

6. How are Saturn’s rings thought to have been created?

A. from the melting and vaporizing of comets and asteroids
B. from the planet’s gravity attracting dust, pieces of rocks and ice
C. from the planet’s powerful gravity tearing apart other heavenly
bodies
D. from the planet’s moons and meteors shattering and breaking

7. Why does Uranus experience two decades of nighttime in winter, two

decades of daytime in summer and four decades of day and night in the
spring and fall?
A. because Uranus is tilted on its side
B. because Uranus is very far from the sun
C. because Uranus has methane in its atmosphere
D. because Uranus rotates in a backwards direction

8. What makes Venus the hottest planet?

A. It has a crushing air pressure at its surface.
B. It is close to the sun, being the second planet.
C. It has acidic clouds that does not bring in rain.
D. Its atmosphere contain sulfuric acid that trap the heat.

9. Which spacecraft that visited Venus mapped the planet’s surface with
radar?
A. Japan’s Akatsuki C. NASA’s Mariner 2
B. NASA’s Magellan D. Soviet Union’s Venera 13

10. Which gas gives the bluish coloring of the planets Uranus and
Neptune?
A. ammonia C. hydrogen
B. helium D. methane

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1. One of those mind-building games is Sudoku. Though the

game is mostly used for numbers, the eight planets and the sun could also be
turned into a game. The object of Sudoku is to fill in all nine squares, such
that no number is repeated vertically, horizontally or in each grouped cube of
nine. Refer to the table below to understand which characteristic or
description each Sudoku table will be focusing on. Choices will also be
provided. To facilitate to the change in from numbers to planets, the
replacement below is also given. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

Replace each number with the corresponding planet as follows:

No. 1 = Mercury No. 4 = Mars No. 7 = Uranus

No. 2 = Venus No. 5 = Jupiter No. 8 = Neptune
No. 3 = Earth N0. 6 = Saturn No. 9 = Sun
Planet Names Nominal Order No. of Moons
Earth 1 st 1
Mars 2nd 2
Mercury 3 rd 14
Jupiter 4 th 79
Sun 5th 82
Uranus 6th
8th
Size of the Planets Distance from the Length of Day
2 440 km Sun 9.93 hrs.
3 390 km 55M km 10.7 hrs.
6 052 km 150M km 16 hrs.
6 371 km 228M km 17 hrs.
24 622 km 778M km Sun
58 282 km 2.9B km
4.5B km
Length of Year No. of Rings Spacecraft Visitor
88 days 4 Akatsuki
225 days 6 BepiColombo
365.25 days 13 Galileo
687 days 500-1000 Hope
84 yrs. Sun Voyager 2
165 yrs. Sun

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 Activity 2. You can
continue learning more about the
planets with your friends or
siblings at home with this solar
system cootie catcher. Photocopy
the template on the next page.
Cut along the dotted lines. Then
fold all corners towards the
center. Flip over the paper with
the folded corners, then fold
again the corners towards the
center, then fold it in half. Slide
both thumbs and pointing fingers (as shown in the illustration) under all four
flaps. Have fun taking turns asking questions!

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What’s More What I Can Do Additional Activity
Act. 1
(Answers may vary.)
Act. 2
1. G 6. D
2. C 7. B Assessment
3. C 8. H 1. B 6. C
4. A 9. E 2. B 7. A
5. F 10. D 3. D 8. D
4. C 9. B
5. B 10. D
Act. 3
1 – 4 – 15 – 19 – 7 – REI
12 – 18 – 13 – 2 – 3 – 22
What I Have Learned
1. Jupiter
2. Mercury
3. Uranus
4. Earth
5. Saturn
What I Know What's New What’s More
There are eight planets in
1. F the solar system – Mercury, Act. 1.
2. B MERCURY – 59 Earth days
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
3. E VENUS - 225 Earth days
Saturn, Uranus and
4. A EARTH – 6 371 km radius
5. D Neptune.
MARS – 228 million km
6. C JUPITER – 79, 11.86 Earth
7. G
years
8. C
9. H SATURN – 58 232 km radius
10. B URANUS – 25 362 km radius
NEPTUNE – 6, 165 Earth
years
What’s In
1. URSA MAJOR
2. URSA MINOR
3. LIBRA
4. ARIES
5. CASSIOPEIA
Answer Key