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The document is a revision unit for Primary Science Stage 3 focusing on the Earth, Moon, and Sun. It includes activities such as modeling, drawing orbits, and answering questions related to scientific inquiry and the characteristics of celestial bodies. The unit also covers the phases of the Moon and comparisons between planets in the solar system.
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The document is a revision unit for Primary Science Stage 3 focusing on the Earth, Moon, and Sun. It includes activities such as modeling, drawing orbits, and answering questions related to scientific inquiry and the characteristics of celestial bodies. The unit also covers the phases of the Moon and comparisons between planets in the solar system.
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Primary Science Stage 3 - Unit 5 - Revision

Name: Class: Date:

Unit 6: The Earth and the Moon


6.1 The shape of the Earth, Sun and Moon

1. Blessy and Gabriella make a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
They use these objects.

a. Blessy thinks they need to change ONE object.


i. Circle the object that needs to be changed. [1]

ii. Tick the correct explanation. [1]

The rugby ball is a sphere like the sun.

The rugby ball is not a sphere like the sun.

b. Gabriella has a paper, string and tape to show how the Earth orbits the Sun.
Draw how she demonstrates how the Earth orbits the Sun. [2]

Label the orbit, the Earth and the Sun in your drawing.
2. Marina used the internet to look for some information about the Sun, Earth and Moon.

Sun, Earth and Moon

Sun Earth Moon


*Very hot
*Has life *Very dry
*Made of hydrogen
*Made of land, *Viseted by
and helium
water and air astronaut
*it pulls the planets
*has gravity *has little gravity
around it

a. What type of scientific enquiry did she do to look for some information? [1]

research fair testing observing conclusion

b. Which is true about the Sun, Earth and Moon? [1]

They all have gravity.

They are perfectly sphere.

They have air and water.

c. What makes the Sun, Earth and Moon spherical? [1]

air water gravity


6.2 The Moon

1. Carlos draws a diagram to show the relative movement of the Earth around the
Sun.

a. Complete his drawing to show the relative movement of the Moon. [1]

b. Circle the word that best describes the shape of the Moon. [1]

nearly cubical nearly cylindrical nearly spherical

c. Which force pulls the moon towards the Earth? [1]

friction gravity magnetism

d. Astronauts who visited in the left the bootprints on the ground.

Why their bootprints remian unchanged


over a long time? [1]

The moon has no ______________ to wipe their


bootprints away.

e. The surface of the moon has many dents as shown below. [2]

i. These dents are called [ craters holes ].

ii. These dents are caused by [ water asteroids ].


6.3 The phases of the Moon

1. The appearance of the Moon from Earth changes as the Moon moves.
Look at the pictures of the Moon.
They are not in the correct order.

a. Put the pictures of the Moon in the correct order by writing each letter in the
boxes.

TWO have been done for you. [3]

G E

b. Which diagram shows a full moon? [1]


Circle the correct diagram.
c. The table below gives information about two of the planets in our solar
system.

i. Which planet is colder? [1]

_______________________________

ii. How long does Saturn orbit the Sun? [1]

__________________ years

iii. A dwarf planet called Pluto is about 5,900 km away from the Sun.

Look at the temperature data in the table.


Predict the temperature of Pluto. [1]

It will be colder than Uranus

It will be the same as Uranus.

It will be hotter than Uranus.

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