The Planet 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: Jupiter B: Earth C: Uranus D: Saturn

Which of the following describes the sun? A: a hot star B: a huge planet C: 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: True B: 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: True B: False