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 Venus Earth
1. zero 1. hottest 1. life
2. The craters on Mercury 2. morning, evening 2. one
look like craters on the
moon. 3. second 3. third
3. About 4.878 kilometers in 4. 243 Earth days 4. 365 ¼ days
diameter
5. Aphrodite 5. mountains, volcanoes,
4. first lakes, rivers and oceans
5. two
Mars Jupiter Saturn
1. 687 1. largest 1. ice, rock particles
2. rust 2. 17 2. 11
3. two potato-shaped 3. king, lord 3. 18
4. Valles Marineris 4. 12 4. harvest
5. channels 5. 10 5. sixth
Uranus Neptune Pluto
1. cold 1. 165 1. 248 Earth years
2. William Herschel 2. striped pattern 2. ninth
3. 17 hours 3. Johann Galle, 3. Clyde Tombaugh
Heinrich D`Arrest,
4. seventh 1846 4. Charon
5. Saturn, Jupiter 4. 8 5. Smallest
5. Triton, Nereid