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Unit Summary

This unit covers the movement of the Earth, moon, and planets, describing them as spherical bodies. It explains Earth's rotation, causing day and night, and the sun's apparent movement. Emphasis is on recording complex data, presenting findings, and evaluating scientific evidence.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to find out about and name the planets in our solar system.

Key Notes

• The solar system consists of the Sun and all other objects in space travelling around it, such as planets.
• The Sun is the centre of the solar system
• There are eight planets in the solar system
• The planets in order from the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
• Planets can be researched using secondary sources of information

Vocabulary To Learn

• solar system: The solar system is the name for our Sun and the planets that orbit it.
• Sun: The Sun is a star and at the centre of our solar system.
• planets: Planets are large objects made of rock or gas that orbit a star.
• research: To research something is to find out about it or investigate it carefully.
• secondary sources: Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Earth lies at the centre of our solar system, with the Sun and planets orbiting around it.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• How we see the Moon from Earth Study Guide
• More about the Sun (non-statutory) Study Guide
• Observing the Moon Study Guide
• Scientific theories from the past (non-statutory) Study Guide
• The movement of the Moon Study Guide
• The movement of the planets around the Sun Study Guide
• The relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon (non-statutory) Study Guide
• The shape of Earth Study Guide
• The shape of objects in space Study Guide
• Why the Sun appears to move across the sky Study Guide
• Why we have day and night Study Guide