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⚫ VOCABULARY: Match the words with their meanings.

1. solar system
2. distance
3. diameter
4. billion

A. how far away something is from another thing
B. the sun and all its planets
C. 1,000,000,000
D. how far from one side to the other

⚫ COMPREHENSION #1:
Write ‘T’ (True) or ‘F’ (False) next to each statement.

1. Earth is our solar system’s largest planet.
2. Uranus is larger than Neptune.
3. Jupiter is the third planet from the sun.
4. Mercury has two moons.
5. Saturn is the only planet that has rings.
6. Earth is mostly covered by water.
7. Neptune was discovered by French and German astronomers in 1846.

⚫ COMPREHENSION #2:
Answer the questions below.

1. How many planets don’t have a moon?
2. Which planet gave its name to a day of the week?
3. Which planet is not named after a Roman or Greek god?
4. What is an example of a ‘dwarf planet’?
5. Which planet has a large moon and oceans?
6. Which planet is the smallest?
7. Which planet was first named after a person?

⚫ Imagine you discovered a new planet. What name would you give it? Why?