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 Instructions + Answer Key
PRINTING:
-Print on colored paper for instant color! I recommend Astrobrights paper.
-Print on white paper and color your own!

FLIP BOOK:
1. Cut strips and fold along dotted lines. (you will have to print pages 1-2 seven extra times)
2. Research and write the correct information on each flap. You can use the “cheat sheets” as a guide.

ENVELOPES:
Cut out the envelopes and glue the backs to your notebook. Place the traits into the correct envelope.

Mercury - the smallest planet, the planet closest to the sun, does not rotate exactly once every year
Venus - the hottest planet, named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Earth’s sister planet
Earth - the densest planet, the only planet with life, the ocean planet
Mars - named after the Roman god of war, the red planet, covered in rock and red dust
Jupiter - the biggest planet, has “the great red spot”, named after the king of the Roman gods
Saturn - the lightest planet, discovered by Galileo Galilei, the Jewel of the Solar System
Uranus - known as “the ice giant”, discovered by William Herschel, named after the Greek god of the sky
Neptune - the planet farthest from the sun, known as “the ice giant”, the last discovered planet

INNER VS OUTER PLANETS:

Glue the traits on or underneath the correct flaps. Bonus: glue the traits on the flaps, add more facts in your
notebook under the flaps.

INNER PLANETS: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; also called terrestrial planets; have no rings circling them
and zero to a few moons
OUTER PLANETS: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune; each planet has its own moon system; the four gas
giant planets

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 PLANETS FLIP BOOK

OTHER FACTS

TEMPERATURE
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COLOR AND WHAT IT IS MADE OF

RADIUS AND DISTANCE FROM THE SUN

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EARTH

MERCURY
MARS

JUPITER
NEPTUNE

SATURN

URANUS
FLIP BOOK
Print 8 versions of
VENUS pages 3-4
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 ENVELOPES

Mercury

VENUS

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EARTH

MARS

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JUPITER

SATURN

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URANUS

NEPTUNE

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 Envelope Slips

the hottest the lightest the biggest

planet planet planet

the smallest the densest named after the

planet planet Greek god of
the sky

the planet the planet the only planet

farthest from closest from with life
the sun the sun

known as known as named after the

“the ice giant” “the ice giant” Roman god of
war
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 Envelope Slips

discovered by has “the great discovered by

William Herschel red spot” Galileo Galilei

the red planet the ocean covered

planet in rock
and red dust

named after the last

Earth’s
the king of the discovered
sister planet
Roman gods planet

named after
does not rotate “The Jewel of
the Roman
exactly once the Solar
goddess of love
every year System”
and beauty
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 Mercury, Venus, have no rings circling them the four gas
Earth, and Mars and zero to a few moons giant planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus each planet has its also called
and Neptune own moon system terrestrial planets
Inner and Outer Planets INNER PLANETS OUTER PLANETS
 THE PLANETS CHEAT SHEETS
MERCURY Venus
What is it made out of? What is it made out of?
mainly iron a central iron core and
Color: dark gray rocky mantle, it is similar to
Temperature: -279°F to 801°F the structure of Earth
Radius: 1,516 miles Color: reddish brown
Distance from the sun: 35.98 million miles Temperature: 870°F (average)
Radius: 3,760 miles
Facts: Distance from the sun: 67.24 million miles
-the smallest planet
-the planet closest to the sun Facts:
-named after the Roman messenger to the -goes in the opposite direction of most
gods planets
-does not rotate exactly once every year -the hottest planet
-named after the Roman goddess of love
and beauty

EARTH MARS
What is it made out of? What is it made out of?
silicon, iron, magnesium, a thick layer of oxidized iron
aluminum and oxygen and more dust, it has a metallic iron
Color: blue and green and nickel core
Temperature: -126°F to 136°F Color: red
Radius: 3,959 miles Temperature: -80°F (average)
Distance from the sun: 92.96 million miles Radius: 2,106 miles
Distance from the sun: 141.6 million miles
Facts:
-the only known planet with life Facts:
-the densest planet -known as “the red planet”
-known as “the ocean planet” -named after the Roman god of war
-made of 70% water -covered in rock and red dust

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 THE PLANETS CHEAT SHEETS
Jupiter SAturn
What is it made out of? What is it made out of?
mostly hydrogen with helium hydrogen and helium
Color: red, orange and brown Color: yellowish brown
Temperature: -234°F (clouds) to 43,000°F Temperature: -288°F (average)
(center) Radius: 36,184 miles
Radius: 43,441 miles Distance from the sun: 888.2 million miles
Distance from the sun: 483.8 million miles
Facts:
Facts: -known as “the gas giant”
-known as “the gas giant” -known for its large ring system
-the largest planet -the lightest planet
-has “the great red spot” -discovered by Galileo Galilei
-named after the king of the Roman gods -the second largest planet
-mass is 2.5 times that of all the other sev- -known as “the jewel of the solar system”
en planets combined

Uranus Neptune
What is it made out of? What is it made out of?
various ices (water, ammonia, hydrogen, helium, water,
methane) methane
Color: blue-green Temperature: -353°F (average)
Temperature: -357°F (average) Color: dark blue
Radius: 15,759 miles Radius: 15,299 miles
Distance from the sun: 1.784 billion miles Distance from the sun: 2.795 billion miles

Facts: Facts:
-the only planet whose name is derived -farthest planet from the sun
from a figure in Greek mythology (Ouranos, -known as “the ice giant”
god of the sky) -the last discovered planet
-discovered by William Herschel
-known as “the ice giant”

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