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Meet
Me
et Me
M
Mercury
r c u ry
To o find out the answer to the
T
riddle, find the letters asked
for in each step and write
order. .
them in order
Woodword
W
oodw or d is cruising
g by
b y Mercury
M er cur y this week.
w eek .
Mercury
h closes
closest
l st planet
h sun
M
er cur y is the
p l
t to
o the
in our solar
y st em. R Replace
eplace
p l
h missing
system.
the
l sy
d in
i his
hi interstellar
ll t text
words
message. .
i
ellar
e x t message
Mercury’s
surface is
covered
with
deep
craters.
Dear Kid Scoop Readers -
Mercury is very m much
uch like our
airless
_________. It is dry, air
and ___________ o of f crater
craters.
Because there is nearly no
_________, or atm
osphere,
atmosphere,
space
around Mercury, f flying
lying spac
rocks called mete
orites and
meteorites
______________
asteroids have ___
__________
___________
into the planet’s _________
leaving behind de
deep
ep craters
craters.
atmosphere e slows down
Earth’s atmospher
meteorites and as
teroids that
asteroids
us, , and nearly
hurtle towards us
all __________ up before they
hit the ground.
Circle the first 3/5
of this word:
Photo
courtesy
NASA / JHU
Applied Physics
Lab / Carnegie
Institute Washington
Circle the last 2/5
of this word:
C
Circle
every
thi ird letter for
third
the
answer. .
th he answer
M er cu
Mercury
ur y has an enormous crater
cr a t er called
c alled
Caloris
was
by y a r really
the C
a
aloris
basin. I It t w
as f formed
o
orme ed b
eally
flying
space e r rock.
big fly
ying spac
o ck . The
T he impact
imp
pac t was
w as so
strong
that t it f formed
_____________
str
ong
g tha
ormed
o
________
______ on the
other side
s of the planet!
Circle the first 2/6
of this word:
friend,
Your spacey frien
d,
Woodword
Circle the middle 2/4
of this word:
U se the comparison
Use
c omparison
n char
chart t at
a t righ
right t
answer
questions.
t to
o answ
er these que
estions .
1. About
A bout ho
how
w man
many y Ear
Earth
r th da
days
y s does a da
day y
Mercury
on M
er cur y last?
99
2 24 4
5 59 9
9 9
2. About
A bout ho
how
w man
many y tim
times
mes in one Ear
Earth
th
y year
ear will M
Mercury
er cur y or
orbit
b the sun?
bit
6
4
10
Circle the last 2/5
of this word:
Mercury has no atmosphere
atm
mosphere to
protect it from the sun’s
sun’ s heat,
or to capture and hold
h in the
dar rk side.
heat on the dark
This page was
fun! I wonder what
books the library
might have about
Mercury?
Mercury’s s sunny sid
side
Mercury’
de can heat
up to 750°F (399°C).
(399°C
C). The dark
side is much, much colder with
a temperature
t
t that
th t c can
an go down
d
(-20 00°C).
to -328°F (-200°C).
… wondering about and
e
exploring
our world and beyond.
M er cur y
Mercury
A
djec tiv es
Adjectives
Look through
the newspaper
wspaper
to find five
adjectives
that describe
Mercury
Mercury. .
F Find
ind the differences
diff
ff er enc es
between
b et w een the
th e hot side
and the c cold
o ld side in
this silly p
picture.
pic tur e e.
Co omplete the grid by using all the letters
Complete
in the word YEAR in each vertical and
horizontal
ho
orizontal row. Each letter should only
onlly
be e used once in each row. Some spaces
have
ha
ave been filled in for you.
St d d Li
Standards
Link:
k
Language Arts: Follow
simple written
directions.
Mercury zips around
the sun every 88 days –
faster than any other
planet. It gets its name
from the quickest of
the ancient
gods –
Mercury
Mercury, , the
messenger
of the
gods.
Mercury was depicted
as wearing
i sandals
dl
with wings on them,
the secret to his
great speed.
A ll bu
All
but
ut one
of th
hese
these
running
r unn
ning
sho es s has
shoes
an e exact
x t
xac
ma
t ch.
match.
C an y you
o
ou
Can
d it?
find
Standards Link: Earth Science: Students know about the sun, planets and stars.
Numbers Game
e
Find and circle as many numbers as you
can find on one newspap
per page. What is
newspaper
the largest
lar gest number you c can find? Add up
your numbers. Find the a average of your
numbers.
Standards Link: Research: Use the ne
newspaper
ewspaper to locate information.
ATMOSPHERE
A
TMO
T SPHERE
MESSENGER
MESSE
ENGER
ASTEROIDS
ASTER
ROIDS
FRICTION
FRICTI
ION
MERC
UR
R Y
MERCURY
CRATERS
CRA
AT
TE
ERS
HURTLE
HUR
R TL
T LE
ORBIT
T
SPACE
SP
PA
ACE
E
ROCKS
S
EAR
R TH
T H
EARTH
DARK
K
BURN
GODS
AIR
R E G N E S S E M C
A S T E R O I D S R
E R E H P S O M T A
This week’
week’s s word:
C M S G O E E D E T
ATMOSPHERE
A
T
TMOSPHERE
A R O K L R A C U E
The noun atmosphere
atmospher e
means the gas surrounding
body. .
a celestial body
P D R T C R B R I R
S A R U K O I
I T S
B U R N L A R P T H
H Y N O I T C I R F
After the fire, the
atmosphere
atmospher
p e was filled
with smoke.
Try
T
r ry to use the word
atmospher
atmosphere e in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
family .
When I Grow Up
What do you want to be
when you grow up? Write a
paragraph about the job you
would like to have one day and
why you would be good at it.