ANSWER KEY
SUMMER REVIEW WORK – GRADE 3: THE PLANETS
Choose the correct planets from the key to answer each riddle.
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Uranus
1. I'm the planet that everyone calls
5. I'm yellow and cloudy and super hot.
“Red,” but really my soil is rust-colored
Look low in the sky, I'm easy to spot.
instead. Look up and you may spot me in
People call me the “Evening Star” from
the sky, I'm the orange-colored dot, way
planet Earth, I'm not very far.
up high.
Which planet am I? Venus
Which planet am I?
Mars
6. Named for the Roman god of the Sea,
2. With over 63 moons, you might say I
Look past Saturn and Uranus for me. I
have a lot. Look with a telescope to see
had a black spot that was a huge storm.
my big, red spot. The spot is a wind storm,
Now it's all gone, but I'll still never be
swirling around. High in the night sky is
warm.
where I can be found.
Which planet am I? Neptune
Which planet am I? Jupiter
7. I'm a giant gas planet out in space,
3. I'm blue and green and a little brown.
There are bands or stripes all over my
I'm a small planet with life all around.
face. When it comes to size, I'm number
They call me the third rock from the sun.
two, I have bright rings. That's an easy
I don't have many moons - just one.
clue.
Which planet am I? Earth
Which planet am I? Saturn
4. Look very close to the sun and you'll
8. A gas planet that's off in the distance,
spot a tiny, cratered planet that's very
Only recently they found my rings in
hot. I have no moons but I orbit the sun
existence. I'm blue and cold and far
very fast. Can you guess my name at
away, people say I'm funny because I
last?
spin sideways.
Which planet am I? Mercury
Which planet am I? Uranus