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Solar System Facts Worksheet
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Solar System Facts Worksheet
The crew for a school play is preparing a journey through the Solar System. Use the facts and visuals on this sheet to complete each mission. Remember: the planets orbit the Sun, and the drawings are not to scale.
Mission 1: Planet check
Use your Solar System knowledge to solve these crew challenges.
1.Oliver is making a model of the planet nearest the Sun. Which planet should he place first?
- Venus
- Mercury
- Earth
- Mars
2.Sienna's costume needs to represent the planet often called the Red Planet. Which planet is it?
3.Write the eight planets in order, starting with the one closest to the Sun.
4.Connect each planet with the clue that best describes it.
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Earth
- Venus
- Famous for its rings
- The hottest planet
- The only planet currently known to support life
- The largest planet
5.The Sun is a star, not a planet.
TrueFalse
Mission 2: Investigate the planets
Use the facts you know to explain how the planets are alike and different.
6.Explain what gives the surface of Mars its reddish colour.
7.Which set contains only the four outer planets?
- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
- Venus, Earth, Uranus and Neptune
8.Describe one difference between the four inner planets and the four outer planets.
9.Omar's script says, “Earth is the second planet from the Sun and has two moons.” Rewrite the sentence with both facts corrected.
10.In the play, a student carries a model planet around a lamp representing the Sun. What movement of a planet does this action represent?
11.Choose one planet and write an accurate fact about it that would help the audience remember it.
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