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Our Solar System

Learn basic facts about the solar system.
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The is the center of the solar system. It is the closest .

The planet closest to the sun is . Mercury is a heavy planet made

mostly of iron. is the second planet from the sun. This planet

has very thick clouds. Earth is the planet from the sun. Earth is the

only planet that has on it, as far as we know. is known

as the “Red Planet” and has always interested scientists. Mars has

two . The is in between the inner and outer planets. The

largest planet in our solar system is and it has faint .

The second largest gas giant is and it is the lightest planet we know

of. spins on its side and is called the “ice giant”

because it is so cold. The smallest of the four gas giants is . It

has six rings and 13 moons. is smaller than 7 moons in the solar

system. It is classified as a planet.

Word Bank
Earth Asteroid Belt Uranus Mars
Saturn Pluto star third
sun Neptune Mercury Jupiter
Venus life moons rings

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Our Solar System

Learn basic facts about the solar system.
Use the word bank to fill in the blanks.

sun star
The is the center of the solar system. It is the closest .
Mercury
The planet closest to the sun is . Mercury is a heavy planet made
Venus
mostly of iron. is the second planet from the sun. This planet
third
has very thick clouds. Earth is the planet from the sun. Earth is the
life Mars
only planet that has on it, as far as we know. is known
moons
as the “Red Planet” and has always interested scientists. Mars has
Asteroid Belt
two . The is in between the inner and outer planets. The
Jupiter rings
largest planet in our solar system is and it has faint .
Saturn
The second largest gas giant is and it is the lightest planet we know
Uranus
of. spins on its side and is called the “ice giant”
Neptune
because it is so cold. The smallest of the four gas giants is . It
Pluto13 moons.
has six rings and is smaller than 7 moons in the solar
dwarf
system. It is classified as a planet.

Word Bank
Earth Asteroid Belt Uranus Mars
Saturn Pluto star third
sun Neptune Mercury Jupiter
Venus life moons rings

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