12A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 9, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 35
Are you a careful reader?
Read the article below and see
if you can circle all eight errors.
Then, rewrite the article
correctly on a sheet of paper.
Neptune:
The Windy Planet
Extremely windy and icy cold, Neptune is a planet that is
beautiful to look at but not welcoming to Earthlings.
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Neptune is a
gas giant
with an
icy core.
To see
Neptune
from
Earth
requires a
powerful
telescope.
Neptune has 13 moon that
we know of. The largest of
these moons is Triton. Triton
is one of the largest moons
in the solar’s system as well.
At 1,700 miles across, it is
neerly the same size as
Earth’s moon.
Photo courtesy NASA
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eptune is extremely cold.
Find its average temperature
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by adding the numbers on the
correct path through this maze.
The temperature stays low
most of the time because
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Neptune is so far away from
the sun.
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Neptune was discovered in
1846. But it took until the
year 2011 for the planet to
complete its first orbit
around the sun since being
discovered.
About how many Earth
years did it take for Neptune
to orbit the sun?
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Triton is the only nown
moon in our solar system to
have a surface maid mainly
of nitrogen ice.
Wile it is icy today, scientists
think Triton was once a hot,
volcanic plaice. Today it still
has geysers that spew frozen
nitrogen miles into the sky!
These are called ice geysers.
Hold Onto Your Hat!
Neptune is super windy. NASA says it might be the windiest planet in the solar system. Winds blow at
speeds up to 1,200 mph! Complete the comparison chart below. Color in squares to indicate that a
passenger jet cruises at about 500 mph, a bullet train at 300 mph and an Indy Car at 200 mph.
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Neptune
wind
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How many rings
does Neptune have?
Color the even-numbered
squares blue and
the odd-numbered
squares black.
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passenger
jet
Bullet
Train
Triton is one of the coolest
objects in our solar system.
It is so cold that most of
Triton’s nitrogen is
condensed as frost, giving
its surface an icy sheen that
reflects 70 percents of the
sunlight that hits it.
Indy
Car
Use this chart to answer
these questions.
1. The planet Neptune orbits the
sun much faster than does Earth.
True
False
2. The length of three Earth days
are more than the length of
four days on Neptune.
True
False
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN
TIME TO ORBIT THE SUN
ORBIT SPEED
LENGTH OF DAY
DIAMETER
NUMBER OF MOONS
NEPTUNE
EARTH
2.8 BILLION MILES
164.93 EARTH YEARS
12,079 MILES PER HOUR
16 HOURS 6 MINUTES
49,493 MILES
13 OR MORE
93 MILLION MILES
365 DAYS
70,000 MILES PER HOUR
JUST A BIT OVER 24 HOURS
7,926 MILES
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How Neptune Got Its Name
Neptune appears blue because of a layer of gas that gives it a
deep blue color. This blue color inspired scientists to name
Neptune after the Roman god of the Sea.
What is the blue gas that gives Neptune its beautiful color?
Use the code to find out.
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Adjectives
Look through
the newspaper
to find five
adjectives
that describe
Neptune.
Complete the grid by using all the letters
in the word WINDY 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.
C E T A R O P A V E
E C O B L D Y E H L
G L B A L D R O N A
This week’s word:
PRESSURE
A O L E N U T P E N
R U O I
S S E W V D
E D W S U R V I V E
V S E P
I N S D Y S
A R E T R I N G S A
P R R S T H G U O R
The noun pressure means
a continuous force or action
of pressing or bearing down.
The pressure on the wound
stopped the bleeding.
Try to use the word
pressure in a sentence
today when talking with
your friends and family.
Spacey Math
Circle the largest and smallest numbers on
ers
one newspaper page. Subtract the two numbers
at
you have found. Add the two numbers. Repeat
with other pages in the newspaper.
ANSWER: Neptunes.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
on.
Pretend you are living on a
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space station and write a
r report about life in space.
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