CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 3 UNIT 6: THE EARTH AND THE MOON

Name _______________________________________________________________ Date _______________

Language worksheet 1
Vocabulary
Read the word or words and then write them on the line next to the picture.
orbit
craters
spherical
sphere The path of the
When space
All these objects Moon around
A ball is a rocks hit the
are the Earth is
Moon they make
___________. called an
___________.
___________.
___________.

waxing

When the bright part of the Moon is getting bigger we say it is _______________.
new Moon waxing crescent first quarter waxing gibbous
Moon Moon Moon
This is a
This is a This is a This is a
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

___________. ___________. ___________. ___________.

continued

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waning

When the bright part of the Moon is getting smaller we say it is _______________.
waning gibbous last quarter waning crescent
full Moon
Moon Moon Moon
This is a
This is a This is a This is a
____________
____________ ____________ ____________
___________.
___________. ___________. ___________.

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Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

Language worksheet 2
Skills
Choose the correct words from each word box to finish the sentences.

round sphere orbits circle around turn

1 An oval, a circle and a sphere are all _______________.

2 The Moon moves in a circle _______________ the Earth.

3 The Moon _______________ the Earth.

orbits gravity Earth Sun sizes shapes

4 The Sun, Earth and Moon are all spheres because of _______________.

5 The Moon takes about 29 days to orbit the _______________.

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6 A scale model is a model that shows things at the correct _______________

compared to each other.

waning full waxing gibbous new crescent

7 When the light part of the Moon is larger than the dark part, we call it a
_______________ Moon.

8 When the light part of the Moon is smaller than the dark part, we call it a
_______________ Moon.

9 When the bright part of the Moon is getting bigger, we say it is _______________.

10 When the dark part of the Moon is getting bigger, we say it is _______________.

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