Reading. 1 Read the extract from a book about the Solar System. Then complete the sentences with the words from the box. Earth.

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1 Reading 1 Read the extract from a book about the Solar System. Then complete the sentences with the words from the box. Earth The third planet from the Sun is Earth, our home. Earth does not get as hot as Venus. The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth is about 135 F (60 C). The lowest recorded temperature is about F (-85 C). The surface of Earth is similar to the surfaces of Mercury and Venus. Earth is a hard, rocky planet. There are high mountains, valleys, volcanoes, and even some craters. Earth is different in some very important ways. Most of the planet is covered with water. Also, the air is made of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. It is just right for us to breathe! Earth is home to people, plants, and animals because it has both water and the right kind of atmosphere. American astronauts took the first pictures of the whole Earth from a spacecraft traveling to our moon in Earth s moon Earth has one moon. The Moon is our nearest neighbor in the Solar System. It follows a path or orbit around Earth, just as Earth follows a path around the Sun. Our moon has mountains and valleys. It is covered with craters. The surface of the Moon is rocky and covered with dust. [ ] The temperature on the Moon can reach 265 F (130 C). [ ] There is no water on the Moon. There is no life on the Moon because it has no water and no air. Twelve American astronauts walked on the Moon between 1969 and They took pictures and collected lunar rocks and dirt. Scientists studied the rocks and dirt to learn more about the Moon. They learned that the surface of the Moon is much older than the surface of Earth. BOLEWSKI, Cyndi et al. Our Solar System. Arizona Board of Regents. Available at: < Our%20Solar%20System%20-%20grades%202-5.pdf>.

2 dust Moon rocks people temperature third Venus volcanoes a. Earth is the planet from the Sun. b. The temperature on Earth is not as high as on. c. High mountains, valleys, and craters are part of the surface of Earth. d. Water and the right atmosphere make Earth home to, plants and animals. e. In the Solar System, the is the nearest celestial body to Earth. f. covers the rocky surface of the Moon. g. The on the Moon can be higher than on Earth. h. Twelve astronauts collected lunar and dirt for scientists to study. 2 Read the extract again. Then write T (true) or F (false). a. Mercury and Venus have surfaces similar to Earth s surface. ( ) b. Water covers a small area of the surface of Earth. ( ) c. Different gases make our planet s atmosphere. ( ) d. American astronauts on a plane took pictures of Earth in ( ) e. Our planet has only one moon. ( ) f. Some geographical features on the Moon are similar to features on Earth. ( ) g. There is no life on the Moon because our natural satellite is too rocky. ( ) h. The surface of the Moon is more recent than the surface of Earth. ( )

3 Vocabulary 3 Find eight planets, a star and a natural satellite in the word search. Then complete the chart. 4 Unscramble the letters to complete the sentences. a. Venus reflects the Sun light. It looks like a star in the sky. T I B H R G b. Neptune and Uranus are very planets. G A L E R c. The asteroid is to Jupiter. It might collide with the planet. S E L C O d. The astronauts didn t go to the side of the Moon. K D R A e. Pluto is a celestial body known as a dwarf planet. L A M S L f. The surface of the Sun is extremely. T O H g. Neptune is very from the Sun. S A D T T N I h. Mars can be very, with temperatures around -60 C. D O L C

4 Grammar 5 Complete the crossword puzzle with the comparative form of the adjectives. Across Down 4. good 1. big 5. sunny 2. bad 7. small 3. far 8. hot 6. close 6 Write the comparative form of the adjectives. a. beautiful b. bright c. cold d. complex e. dark f. distant g. interesting h. large i. long j. short 7 Read the information. Then use the adjectives from the box to write comparative sentences. big cold far long sunny a. Rio de Janeiro is 433 km away from São Paulo. Curitiba is 416 km away from São Paulo. b. The average temperature in Florianópolis is 20.1 C. The average temperature in Recife is 25.8 C. c. Las Vegas has 210 sunny days per year. Chicago has 84 sunny days per year. d. Star Wars: The Force Awakens lasts 136 minutes. Star Wars: A New Hope lasts 121 minutes. e. The diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km. The diameter of Mars is 6,794 km.

5 8 Use the prompts to write your own comparative sentences. a. (City A) / big / (City B) b. (Movie A) / interesting / (Movie B) c. (Subject A) / complex / (Subject B) d. (Country A) / cold / (Country B) e. (Book A) / good / (Book B)