Listening: Meet the Planets

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A2 | Listening from video | 10 min

Meet the Planets

Watch the whole video. You can watch more than once. Then answer the questions below. (4:18)

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the video about?

____ A trip through our solar system.____ How to watch the stars at night.____ How scientists find new planets.

2. Why is Venus so hot?

____ Its red dust.____ Its thick air.____ Its big oceans.

3. What is special about Uranus?

____ It is the hottest planet.____ It is the biggest planet.____ It turns on its side.

True, False or Not Given? Choose Not Given if the video does not say.

4. Mars is warmer than Earth.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

5. The other seven planets together are smaller than Jupiter.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

6. Scientists changed the rules for planets because they found a new planet.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Complete each sentence with the words you hear.

ONE WORD from the video.

7. The word "planet" first came from an old ____ word for a wandering light.

A NUMBER from the video.

8. Counting from the sun, Jupiter is planet number ____

A NUMBER from the video.

9. Years ago, people thought there were ____ planets in our solar system.