Activity 20: The Planets Word Search

C P L D F O N R A I P M A R S

A M I U C F L I A S A N D O P

T O G A M B A J S E S U L C A

J U H R D B V K A Y T A Z K C

C N T O W O A A L M R F N E E

B T Y S L Q U D K S O C H T S

S A E C R Q A N Y V N O B P H

D I A G H A Y S R E A S N I U

I N R T A B T Z C U U P R S T

O D A N X E I S P N T R G P T

R H J X M B V U A Q N A I S L

E M M E W S A H L N R R S V E

T S S A A A R B M L D E R V B

S Y X A L A G T M E R C U R Y

A Q Z X A M E R I C A I O L N

1 Find and mark on the above WORD SEARCH the following words.

1 SOLAR SYSTEM 2 GRAVITY 3 ASTRONAUT 4 STARS

5 ROCKET 6 SATURN 7 SPACE SHUTTLE 8 ASTEROIDS

9 NASA 10 LIGHT YEAR 11 MOONS 12 VOLCANO

13 MARS 14 GALAXY 15 SUN 16 MERCURY

2 The answer to each of the following questions is one of the words in the above word search

A The HOTTEST Planet. F The Earth ORBITS this Star.

B SPACE AGENCY. G A RE-USABLE space vehicle.

C The Planet with many RINGS. H A person who goes into space.

D Small Planets which ORBIT larger Planets. I Small pieces of ROCK in space.

E A large number of STARS. J A huge DISTANCE in space.

Complete the following list of planets in order of INCREASING distance from the Sun

MERCURY ______________ EARTH ______________ _______________ SATURN ______________ ____________ PLUTO

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 3 Name the planet which

a Has the longest year (i.e. takes the longest time to orbit the Sun)

b Is the smallest.

c has the most moons.

4 What are the COOL areas on the Sun called?

5 What 4 letters are used to name the organisation which is responsible for space exploration?

6 Name any TWO of the four “Gas” planets.

7 What is the largest object in the Solar System?

8 What source of energy did the Pioneer and Voyager space probes use in order to explore the outer regions
of the Solar System?

9 The force of gravity on the Earth is 10 N/kg, on Venus is 9 N/kg, on Mars is 4 N/kg and on Jupiter is 26 N/kg.
On which of these four planets would you:-

a have greatest difficulty in running?

b be able to jump the highest?

c Weigh over twice what you do on the Earth?

Include reasons in your answer.

10 Which gas does the Sun mainly contain?

11 Some space probes have solar panels on the outside of their bodies. What are these panels for?

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