1. Grade 3 http://space.y2u.co.uk/Astronomy_Solar_System.htm 1

2. Sun Eight planets Moons Other objects, including asteroids 2

3. planet- a large, ball-shaped body that revolves, or travels, around the sun solar system- what is made up of the sun, the eight planets and their moons, and other objects that revolve around the sun 3

4. orbit- the path that planets and other objects take as they revolve around the sun asteroid- a small chunk of rock that orbits the sun sun- a ball of hot, glowing gases called plasma that is the center of the solar system http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/10/q_a_the_shape_of_things.php 4

5. Extremely hot—releases a lot of energy that travels through space HUGE—can hold one million Earths! Sun much brighter than any star in night sky because it is much closer to Earth than the stars http://www.aerospaceguide.net/solar_system/sun.html 5

6. 1.It is the center of the solar system. 2.It is larger than Earth. 3.It is not as bright as the stars in the night sky. 4.It releases a lot of energy. 6

7. http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-24379816/stock-photo-an-illustrated-diagram-showing-the-order-of-planets-in-our-solar-system.html 7

8. Pneumonic device http://www.rocknlearn.com/html/solar _system.htm 8

9. Largest planet: Jupiter Brightest planet: Venus Planet with thousands of rings: Saturn Planet with no atmosphere: Mercury http://www.grantchronicles.com/astro12.htm 9

10. 1.Mars 2.Venus 3.Jupiter 4.Saturn 10

11. MercuryVenusEarthMars 11

12. Rocky Closest to sun http://163.153.62.5/faculty/tdashnaw/stusites/webkc/spacekc.htm 12

13. JupiterSaturnUranusNeptune 13

14. Very large Surrounded by rings Do NOT have solid surfaces http://discoveryenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/10/universe-outer- planets.html 14

15. 1.They are rocky. 2.Mars is one of them. 3.They are surrounded by rings. 4.They are close to the sun. 15