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The answer sheet for the worksheet Rocks from the Moon and Mars. Each answer comes with the reason, so it can be used to mark or to go over the questions with the class.

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KS2 · Ages 7 to 11 (Years 3 to 6)Answer sheet for teachers

Answers: Rocks from the Moon and Mars

  1. B: Impact on Mars, flies into space, travels round the Sun, falls to EarthAn impact throws the rock off Mars, it escapes into space, circles the Sun, and finally meets Earth as a fireball.
  2. A: SixSix Apollo missions landed and returned about 382 kilograms of Moon rock.
  3. A: Water once flowed through its rocksSome minerals in Nakhla formed in water, showing that water once flowed through rocks on Mars.
  4. C: Egypt, 1911Nakhla, one of the most famous Martian meteorites, fell in Egypt in 1911.
  5. False: the right answer is Very little is thrown fast enough to beat gravityAn impact throws rock everywhere, but only a tiny amount moves fast enough to escape the pull of gravity.
  6. False: the right answer is AntarcticaScientists matched strange meteorites found in Antarctica with the Apollo samples.
  7. 1969 and 1972 (accept any answer with the same meaning)Six Apollo missions brought back Moon rock between 1969 and 1972.
  8. 50 kg (accept any answer with the same meaning)An average shares the total equally: 200 ÷ 4 = 50 kg.

Task

Answers will vary. The task comes from the lesson: Draw a comic strip in four boxes showing the journey of a Mars meteorite: an asteroid hits Mars, a rock flies into space, it travels around the Sun, and it falls to Earth as a fireball. Add a caption to each box using words from this course.

Look for work that uses the key words correctly and gives a reason for each point.

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