Name:__________________________________
Instructions:
Using the words in the word bank, fill in the correct word for each of the blank spaces below. orbit birds large degrees why spacecraft huge know rings discovered
Eight planets, eight planets,
Eight planets can you name them all?
Eight planets, eight planets,
Spinning round the Sun, shaped like a ball.
On planet number one too moons
Greek closest chance
You'll be the ____________________ to the Sun
Too hot for an atmosphere
Has only 88 days in a year
Can you name the planet?
It's almost 1000 __________________ hot in the day
And 200 below zero at night
What's a guy supposed to wear on MERCURY ?
When you hear of the "Evening Star"
Our sister planet that's not ______________________ far
2nd from the Sun reflecting light

That's _______________________ it's so bright
Can you name the planet?
Some people call it Earth's twin because it's about the same size
You don't have to be a genius to know I'm talking about VENUS .
Third from the Sun
Count the moons, there's only one
It's the home of living things
Fish, ____________________ and human beings
Can you name the planet?
C'mon, now. Everybody's got to get this.
You've got to get this. You've just got to get this!
It's EARTH .
Eight planets, eight planets,
Eight planets can you name them all?
Eight planets, eight planets,
Spinning round the Sun, shaped like a ball.
It's called the "Red Planet"
In 1976 two ________________________ landed on it
It might have supported life
When they found frozen water and dry ice
Can you name the planet?
Galileo first _______________________ it in 1610
Over 360 years later, Mariner landed on MARS .

It's the largest of them all
There's a "Great Red Spot" on this ____________________ gas ball
12 years to orbit the Sun
More than 24 ____________________ , why do we only have one?
Can you name the planet?
You know, a day only lasts 10 hours on our 5th planet
That means you could go to school twice a day, if you lived on JUPITER
It's the 2nd largest planet
It's known for the ___________________ around it
They're made of rock and ice
It's much colder than earth, no _____________________ for life
Can you name the planet?
Those rings look like a big hoola-hoop
It must be fun to be SATURN
Eight planets, eight planets,
Eight planets can you name them all?
Eight planets, eight planets,
Spinning round the Sun, shaped like a ball.
There's a blue and green ball of gas
It also has rings, floating round its mass
Moons both __________________ and small
A rocky center in this ball
Can you name the planet?

It's named after the _____________________ god of the heavens
You're kidding me; it's really called URANUS ?
Takes one hundred sixty four years
To ___________________ the Sun... what a wait!
3 billion miles from the earth
From the Sun it's number eight
Can you name the planet?
Well, it's so far away that we don't __________________ much about it
But we do know that it has two moons
And the answer is NEPTUNE .
Eight planets, eight planets,
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
The first 4 planets you need to know
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
There used to be a planet called PLUTO .
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