Mercury

Name ______________________________ Date________________ Mercury 1. How many moons does Mercury have? _______________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. What does the craters on Mercury look like? _________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. How large is the planet Mercury? ___________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. Mercury is the _______________ planet from the sun. 5. If you live on Mercury, you would have ____________ birthdays each Earth year. 6. Draw and color a picture of Mercury at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Venus 1. Is Venus the hottest or coldest planet? __________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. The planet Venus is known as both the ____________________ and _____________________ star. 3. Venus is the ____________________ planet from the sun. 4. How long are the days on Venus? __________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 5. Venus was named after the Roman goddess _________________. 3. Draw and color a picture of Venus at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Earth 1. Earth is the only planet known to have ______________. 2. How many moons does the Earth have? _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Earth is the ______________ from the sun. 4. How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun? ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 5. Earth is covered with ____________________, _________________, ____________________, ____________________ and ____________________. 6. Draw and color a picture of Earth at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Mars 1. It takes ______________ Earth days for Mars to revolve around the sun. 2. The reddish color of Mars is caused by the ______________ in the soil. 3. Mars has ______________ ______________-______________ moons. 4. Mars has the largest canyon called __________________________ ____________________________________________________________. 5. There are several ___________________ on Mars that look like Earth’s river channel. 6. Draw and color a picture of Earth at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Jupiter 1. Jupiter is the ___________________ planet in the solar system. 2. There are _________ moons on Jupiter. 3. Jupiter was named after the _________ of the Roman gods and _________ of the sky. 4. It takes Jupiter _________ Earth years to revolve around the sun. 5. It takes only _________ hours for Jupiter to spin on its axis one time. 6. Draw and color a picture of Jupiter at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Saturn 1. Saturn has rings that are made of _________ and _________ ________________. 2. It takes Saturn _________ hours to spin on its axis. 3. There are _________ moons orbiting Saturn. 4. Saturn was named after the Roman God of __________________. 5. Saturn is the _____________________ planet from the sun. 6. Draw and color a picture of Saturn at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Uranus 1. Uranus is very __________________. 2. _______________________ __________________________ discovered Uranus in 1781. 3. Uranus spins on its axis one time every __________ hours. 4. It is the _______________ planet from the sun. 5. Uranus was the father of ______________ and grandfather of _______________. 6. Draw and color a picture of Uranus at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Neptune 1. It takes _________ Earth years for Neptune to revolve around the sun one time. 2. Neptune has a ______________ _______________ like Jupiter and Saturn. 3. ____________________ ____________________ and ____________________ ____________________ discovered Neptune in ___________. 4. Neptune has at least __________ moons. 5. The two largest moons are _____________________ and ____________________. 6. Draw and color a picture of Neptune at the bottom of this page. Name ______________________________ Date________________ Pluto 1. It takes Pluto __________ Earth years to revolve around the sun. 2. Pluto is the _____________________ planet from the sun. 3. ____________________ ___________________ discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory. 4. Pluto has one known moon named ____________________. 5. Pluto is the ____________________ planet in the solar system. 6. Draw and color a picture of Pluto at the bottom of this page. Answers to Planet Questionnaires Mercury 1. zero 2. The craters on Mercury look like craters on the moon. 3. About 4.878 kilometers in diameter 4. first 5. two Venus 1. hottest 2. morning, evening 3. second 4. 243 Earth days 5. Aphrodite 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. life one third Earth 365 ¼ days mountains, volcanoes, lakes, rivers and oceans Mars 1. 687 2. rust 3. two potato-shaped 4. Valles Marineris 5. channels Jupiter 1. largest 2. 17 3. king, lord 4. 12 5. 10 Saturn 1. ice, rock particles 2. 11 3. 18 4. harvest 5. sixth Uranus 1. cold 2. William Herschel 3. 17 hours 4. seventh 5. Saturn, Jupiter Neptune 1. 165 2. striped pattern 3. Johann Galle, Heinrich D`Arrest, 1846 4. 8 5. Triton, Nereid Pluto 1. 248 Earth years 2. ninth 3. Clyde Tombaugh 4. Charon 5. Smallest