10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JULY 19, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 32
Are you a careful reader?
Read the article below and see
if you can circle all five errors.
Then, rewrite the article
correctly on the blank lines.
Jupiter The Giant
It has storms that last for centuries and its rocky
center core is totally covered by a massive sea of
liquid hydrogen. Jupiter isn’t anyone’s idea of a
great summer vacation spot!
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Stormy Spot
J
upiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
So, why is a day on Jupiter so short? It’s only
about ten Earth hours long. That means there is a
sunset every ten hours!
The fast rotational speed of Jupiter is one of the
reasons why there are so many storms on the
planet. Wind speeds on Jupiter can reach nearly
400 miles per hour. The big storm known as the
Great Red Spot may be one giant storm that
scientists think has been going on for many
years. How many years? Do the math:
Jupiter’s four largest moons
are Ganymede, Europa, Io
and Callista. These moons
are called Galileian moons
after the scientists Galileo
who discovered them with his
small telescoop in 1610.
Winds on Jupiter
reach over
400 miles
per hour.
The most
fierce
hurricane
winds
on Earth
reach
just over
150 miles
per hour.
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Ganymede is the largest of
Jupiter’s moons. It is bigger
then the planet Mercury.
Photo courtesy NASA
Europa is covered with ice.
Moons of
Jupiter
10+ 21+ 54 + 11 = LIQUID HYDROGEN
14 + 13 + 71 + 18 = CLOUD LAYER
22+ 8 + 39 + 6 + 7 = ROCK CORE
11 + 11 + 11 + 14 + 26 = METAL HYDROGEN
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For many years, scientists
said that Jupiter had 16
moons. But in recent years,
more objects have been
discovered that could be
moons, or satellites —
possibly another 47 moons!
It will take awhile to know
if these are actually all
moons. Some are round
like ours and some are
irregular shapes.
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Io has exploding volcanoes.
Something know other moon
in the solar system has.
Callisto is made up of both
rock and iced. It may also
have liquid water.
Find the two identical moons.
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Use this chart to answer
these questions.
1. How many million miles closer to
the sun is Earth than Jupiter?
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2. A day on Jupiter is more than
twice as long as a day on Earth.
True
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DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN
ORBIT SPEED
LENGTH OF DAY
DIAMETER
NUMBER OF MOONS
JUPITER
EARTH
484 MILLION MILES
12 EARTH YEARS
29,304 MILES PER HOUR
10 HOURS
86,881 MILES
63
93 MILLION MILES
365 DAYS
70,000 MILES PER HOUR
JUST A BIT OVER 24 HOURS
7,926 MILES
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How Jupiter Got Its Name
The Romans knew of seven bright objects in the sky: the sun, the
moon and the five brightest planets. They named them after their
most important gods. Jupiter, the largest planet, was named after
the king of the Roman gods. Jupiter was the son of another
Roman god with a name you’ll recognize. Follow the maze to
discover the name.
ROTATIONAL
HEAVIEST
JUPITER
REASONS
HOLLOW
SUNSET
GIANT
MOONS
STORM
WEIGH
SPOT
LIFT
LONG
HOUR
RED
Jupiter
Adjectives
Look through
the newspaper
to find five
adjectives
that describe
Jupiter.
Standards Link:
Language Arts: Follow
simple written
directions.
R S T O R M O O N S
U S T S E
I V A E H
This week’s word:
O P P N G I R S R G
H A L O A E N U E T
R O T A T
I O N A L
E I L I N L G S S
ROTATIONAL
The adjective rotational
means the circular path as
something turns on its axis.
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The rotational cycle of
Earth brings us night
and day.
D C P L O E J E O F
U U P N O T T T N T
J H G I
E W T E S R
Big to Small
Try to use the word
rotational in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Go Explore!
The newspaper is full of abbreviations.
Take one section of the newspaper and
circle at least ten abbreviations. List them
on a sheet of paper and write out the full
word after each abbreviation.
ANSWER: With a laser blade.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word STORM in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
If you could go anywhere
in the world, where would
you go? Why? What would
you take with you?
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