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ThePlanet Song
from
Blue’s Clues
Sun Hot star (not a planet)
Mercury Hot too!
Venus Brightest Planet
Earth Home to me and you . . .
Mars the red one
Jupiter most wide
Saturn Icy rings
Uranus spins on its side
Neptune really windy
Pluto Really small
Now we’ve named them all . . . umm . . .
Well, almost . . .
In the last few years scientists have been
arguing about whether to call some new planet-like objects actual planets in
our solar system. So we’ll see!
Relative sizes of planets.
The largest planet in our solar system is
A: JupiterB: Earth
C: UranusD: Saturn
Which of the following describes the sun?
A: a hot starB: a huge planetC: an asteroid
D: a small planet
Mercury is
A: hot because it is the planet closest to the sun.
B: cool because it moves quickly.C: the largest planet.
D: the smallest planet.
Venus is
A: hot because it is the planet closest to the sun.
B: the brightest planet as we see it in our sky.
C: the largest planet.D: the smallest planet.
Earth is
A: larger than Mercury but smaller than Jupiter.
B: larger than Jupiter but smaller than Mercury.
C: the largest planet.D: the smallest planet.
Mars appears red in our night sky.
A: TrueB: False
The planet that has icy rings orbiting it is
A: Earth.B: Jupiter.C: Uranus.D: Saturn.
Uranus is unique because
A: it is the hottest planet.B: it spins on its side.
C: it has rings of icy gas.D: it appears red in the sky.
Neptune is known for
A: being the largest planet.B: being windy.
C: being the slowest moving planet.
D: having an irregular orbit.
Pluto and Neptune alternate at being the farthest planet from the sun.
A: TrueB: False