1. The
Planet Song
from
Blue’s Clues

2. Sun  Hot star (not a planet)

3. Mercury  Hot too!

4. Venus Brightest
Planet

5. Earth  Home to me and
you . . .

6. Mars  the red one

7. Jupiter  most wide

8. Saturn  Icy rings

9. Uranus  spins on its side

10. Neptune  really windy

11. Pluto  Really small

12. Now we’ve named them all . . . umm . . .

13. 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!

14. Relative sizes of planets.

15. The largest planet in our solar
system is
A: Jupiter
B: Earth
C: Uranus
D: Saturn

16. Which of the following describes
the sun?
A: a hot star
B: a huge planet
C: an asteroid
D: a small planet

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Mars appears red in our night sky.
A: True
B: False

21. The planet that has icy rings
orbiting it is
A: Earth.
B: Jupiter.
C: Uranus.
D: Saturn.

22. 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.

23. Neptune is known for
A: being the largest planet.
B: being windy.
C: being the slowest moving
planet.
D: having an irregular orbit.

24. Pluto and Neptune alternate at being
the farthest planet from the sun.
A: True
B: False