Reading Passages on Weather and Solar System (Fillable PDF)
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Reading Passages on Weather and Solar System for Earth Science
Part 3 - Weather & Solar System
Reading Passage 1: Earth Moon and Sun
Reading Passage 2: Weather Measurement Causes and Changes
Reading Passage 3: Classification of the Sun and Other Stars
Reading Passage 4: Inner and Outer Solar System
Snapshot
Genre: Nonfiction.
Subject: Science / Earth and Space Science.
Primary Topic: Earth-space relationships, weather, stars, and planets.
Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): V.
What This Teaches Best
It explains how Earth’s rotation and revolution relate to day, night, years, seasons, and time zones.
It shows how the Moon’s orbit connects to phases, tides, and eclipses.
It teaches how weather forms through solar heating, air movement, air pressure, humidity, condensation, precipitation, and the water cycle.
It introduces the Sun as a star and compares stars by brightness, color, temperature, and constellations.
It compares inner terrestrial planets with outer Jovian planets and highlights notable traits of each planet.
Learning Goals
Students will explain how Earth’s movements cause day and night and support the calendar year.
Students will describe how the Moon affects phases, tides, and eclipses.
Students will explain how the sun drives weather and how water moves through the atmosphere.
Students will describe how stars are classified by brightness and color.
Students will compare the inner and outer planets using details from the text.





