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Each time you read a page in Kid Scoop News, color in a planet in
our solar system. When you reach Neptune, cut out the sun and
wear it as a badge to let everyone know you are a star reader!
NEPTUNE
Hold on to your
hats! Neptune is
storms, storms and
more storms!
MERCURY
Closest to the sun,
Mercury's days are
a whopping 800° F
and at night the
temperature drops to
300° F BELOW zero!
VENUS
Covered with a
poisonous acid,
Venus is the
hottest planet in
our solar system.
The planet's
thick clouds let
the heat in, but
not out! This is
called the
greenhouse
effect.
EARTH
Not too hot and not too cold, it is
the only planet where we know
there is life.
MARS
The Romans
named Mars after
their god of war,
because its color
reminded them
of blood.
In 2006, scientists
in the International
Astronomical Union
decided to reclassify
tiny Pluto as a
'dwarf planet'.
PLUTO
Uranus has rings just like Saturn, but the
rings go around the planet up and down
like a ferris wheel. Through a telescope,
this icy planet looks greenish-blue.
URANUS
Saturn is nearly as big as its
neighbor, Jupiter, but it is not so
heavy. Scientists say that if you
could find an ocean big enough,
Saturn would float.
SATURN
JUPITER
Jupiter is the
largest and
heaviest planet.
If it was hollow,
more than
1,000 Earths
could fit inside.
Planet Adjectives
Read the short description
of each of the nine planets
in our solar system. Think
of three adjectives that
describe three planets.
Write the adjectives near
the planet they describe.
Standards Link: Grammar: Identify
adjectives.
Standards Link: Earth Science:
Students know that each planet
has unique characteristics.
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