Solar System

The third planet from the Sun. It is the only planet known to have oxygen, liquid water, and living things.

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

The fourth planet from the Sun. It is known as the Red Planet. It gets this name from the reddish-brown soil.

• Earth

• Mercury

• Mars

• asteroid belt

The terrestrial planets are:

• The inner planets, the smallest planets in the solar system, include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

• Jupiter and Venus

• Twins with Earth.

• Objects that orbit a planet or a star.

The smallest planet. The planet with the most craters.

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mercury

The second planet from the Sun Called Earth's "twin".

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mercury

Large chunks of rock or metal in space. The solar system has thousands of these. Most are found in a region between Mars and Jupiter.

• Satellites

• Asteroids

• Planets

• Stars

The asteroid belt is found:

• Around the astronaut's waist.

• Orbiting the Sun.

• Around Earth.

• In the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter.

When you look at the sky at night, everything you see is part of __________.

• Mars

• Planets

• Space

• Asteroid belt

The Sun, Earth, and Moon are part of a system in space called ___________________. It is made up of a star and the objects that move around that star. Our star is the Sun.

• Terrestrial planets

• Asteroid belt

• Satellite

• Solar System

A large body of rock or gas with a nearly round shape. There are eight of these in our Solar System. Earth is one example. All eight of these move (orbit) around the Sun.

• Planet

• Moon

• Crater

• Space