The Inner Planets

​The Inner Planets Part 1: Learning The Inner Planets

Lesson By: Ethan Durham​

The Inner Planets are the 4 planets closest to the sun.​ They are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

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​The Inner Planets

As you can guess, inner means closer or almost the middle. So the Inner Planets are closer to the sun then the Outer Planets​

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​The Inner Planets

Multiple Choice

Can you guess which of the Inner Planets is the closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

That's right! Mercury is the closest planet to the sun!​

​The answer is Mercury!

Multiple Choice

Can you guess which of the Inner Planets is the 2nd closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

​That's right! Venus is the 2nd closest planet from the sun. However, it is the hottest in our solar system!

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​The answer is Venus!

Multiple Choice

What about the 3rd planet from the sun?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

​That's right! Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun. This is the planet we live on! Why? Because it is "Habitable"

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​The answer is Earth!

Open Ended

What do you think "Habitable" means? (No right or wrong)

​To answer your question: Habitable means to be able to have or sustain life!

Multiple Choice

Lastly: Can you guess the 4th planet from the sun?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

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​That's right! Mars is the 4th planet from the sun and is the last of the Inner Planets. But we still have some more to learn.

​The answer is Mars!

​Get ready

Are you ready to show what you learned? You will be asked questions about everything we learned about the inner planets so far. You have 30 seconds to answer each. Good luck!​

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

Multiple Choice

What does "Habitable" mean?

• Able to have lava

• Able to have or sustain life

• Not able to have or sustain life

• Not able to have robots

Multiple Choice

What is the 2nd planet from the sun?

• Venus

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

Multiple Choice

What is the 3rd planet from the sun?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

Multiple Choice

What is the 4th planet from the sun?

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

Multiple Choice

Which of the Inner Planets is the hottest?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Multiple Choice

Which of the Inner Planets do we live on?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus