Solar+System+Assignment



1) Click on the Kids Astronomy page and then click on the solar system link. Watch the picture that comes up for a minute. Answer the following questions on lined paper:
 * What is at the centre of the solar system?
 * Do all of the planets travel around the centre at the same rate?

2) Scroll down the page. Read the information and look at the pictures or videos. Answer the following questions on lined paper:
 * Describe solar winds.
 * How many worlds does our solar system have?
 * Describe a comet.

3) Scroll back up to the top of the page. Click on a planet of your choice on the picture of our solar system. Write five facts about that planet on your lined paper.

4) Click on the Kids Astronomy page one more time. Choose one of the following and click on the link: Read all the information and write out 3 important facts on your lined paper.
 * Saturn's rings
 * Asteroids
 * Meteorites

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