12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 26, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 33
Are you a careful reader?
Read the article below and see
if you can circle all seven
errors. Then, rewrite the article
correctly on the blank lines.
Saturn and the Rings
With its colorful rings, Saturn is one of the most
recognizable planets in our solar system. But
depending on the time of year, the rings can
play tricks with your eyes!
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One thing NASA knows
about Saturn’s rangs is that
they are made of ice and rock.
But they aren’t sure how and
when the rings forms. They
think it might have something
to do with Saturn’s many
moon.
One of
Saturns
many
moons
has more
than 100
geysers
at its
south
pole.
Photo courtesy NASA
Color Saturn and
its rings.
Saturn’s Rings
S
aturn has seven large rings. Each
ring is named for a letter of the alphabet.
The rings do not sit still. They spin around
Saturn at very high speeds. A closer look shows
that each large ring is made up of many small
rings, these are called ringlets.
Scientists think more rings could be discovered
in the future.
USE THE CODE: SATURN’S RINGS ARE MADE OF
5
2
4
1
7
3
9
8
2
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A=1 C=2 D=3 E=4 I=5 K=6 N=7 O=8 R=9
Galileo and Disappearing Planets
When Galileo
watched Saturn
with his telescope
400 years ago, he
noticed that the planet
seemed to change over time.
After a couple of years, he couldn’t
see what he thought were the two
extra planets. But four years later, he
saw what he thought were “handles”
mysteriously appear.
Use this chart to answer these
questions.
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
2. The diameter of Earth is larger
than that of Saturn.
True
False
27
30
31
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Titan is the largest of Saturn’s
moons. It is the only moon in
our solar’s system known to
have an atmosphere.
Cassini now orbits Saturn
and sends back new pictures
and information all the
time. It has already taken
more than 330,000
photos of Saturn!
TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN
ORBIT SPEED
LENGTH OF DAY
DIAMETER
NUMBER OF MOONS
EARTH
938 MILLION MILES
29 EARTH YEARS
21,675 MILES PER HOUR
10 HOURS, 14 MINUTES
74,500 MILES
62 OR MORE
93 MILLION MILES
365 DAYS
70,000 MILES PER HOUR
JUST A BIT OVER 24 HOURS
7,926 MILES
1
Saturn was named after the
Roman god of agriculture.
Do the math to discover
another common word
named after this Roman god.
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Image courtesy NASA/JPL
SATURN
How Saturn Got Its Name
The Romans knew of seven
bright objects in the sky:
the Sun, the Moon, and five
bright planets. They named
them after their most
important gods. The planet
spacecraft to explore Saturn.
Cassini left Earth in 1997
and arrived at Saturn in
2004. How many years
did it take Cassini to get to
Saturn?
He wrote, “I have discovered a most
extraordinary marvel … the planet
Saturn is not one alone, but is com-
posed of three, which almost touch
one another.” What he thought were
extra planets, were actually Saturn’s
rings.
Like the Earth, Saturn is tilted in
relationship to the sun. Because of
the tilt of Saturn and the thinness of
the rings, every few years, the rings
look like they have disappeared.
1. It would take about 58 Earth
years for Saturn to orbit the sun
two times.
True
False
Meet
Cassini
Cassini is the latest NASA
Earth has only one moons.
Saturn has at least 60 that we
know of. One theory is that
asteroids crashed into some
of its moons and caused them
to breek into pieces. The rings
could be pieces of brokened
moons.
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ASTEROIDS
COMPOSED
GALILEO
CASSINI
SATURN
PLANET
MARVEL
BROKEN
ORBITS
RINGS
MOONS
TILT
ROCK
GAS
ICE
Saturn
Adjectives
Look through
the newspaper
to find five
adjectives
that describe
Saturn.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word SATURN in each vertical and
horizontal row. Each letter should only
be used once in each row. Some spaces
have been filled in for you.
Standards Link:
Language Arts: Follow
simple written
directions.
S D I O R E T S A S
N E K O R B I
T S A
O S T U M A R V E L
This week’s word:
E O S G N I R O C K
HOLLOW
L P C A S S
I N I R
The noun hollow means
having an empty space inside.
I M N S T E N A L P
L O R I
The hollow in the tree
was home to a family
of owls.
I U N O G S
A C L O C F R I O C
G T E R O E C N K M
Try to use the word hollow
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family.
Walking on Air
Saturn Syllables
Saturn is a two-syllable word: Sat - urn.
Each syllable has one vowel sound. Look
through the newspaper for five or more
h
words that have two syllables. Divide each
word into its syllables.
Describe what your life
would be like without
gravity. How would you get
around? What would it be
like to float to school?
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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