Planets on Parade

Our Solar System Presented by Lisa Haws

How many planets are in our solar system?

Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

The Sun
Biggest star in the Solar System Gives heat and light to every planet in our solar system If you could drive to the sun in your family car, it would take 150 years to get there!

Mercury
Closest to the sun After Pluto, the smallest planet One day on Mercury is 59 Earth days!

Venus
Second planet from the sun Called the Morning Star or the Evening Star One of Earths neighbors

Earth
Third planet from the sun One moon Only planet where we know there is life!

Mars
The Red Planet Named after the Roman god of war Very cold!

Jupiter
Largest planet in our solar system Made of whirling gases Home of the Great Red Spot

Saturn
Beautiful rings made of ice, rock and dust 22 moons Made of gas; so light it floats!

Uranus
Tipped on its side 15 moons and 10 rings Smaller than Saturn and Jupiter

Neptune
A stormy, windy planet Faint rings and eight moons Very cloudy

Pluto
Smallest planet Hard, rocky and icy Trades places with Neptune

Asteroid Belt
Between Mars and Jupiter Chunks of rocks circling the sun Separates rocky planets from gas planets

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1. Why is the sun important?

a. b. c. It is the biggest planet in our solar system. It is the biggest star in our solar system. It gives heat and light to every planet in our solar system. It makes our solar system pretty.

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2. How many moons does the Earth have?

a. b. c. d. It has two moons. It has no moons. It has one moon. It has three moons.

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3. Which planet is the largest one in our Solar System?

a. b. c. d. The sun. Mars. Jupiter. Mercury.

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