Download The Solar System

Name _______________
Due ______________
Solar System Study Card
Make a study card showing the order of the 8 planets in our solar system, starting from the
sun, and the definition of the word gravity. Write a sentence you can use to help you
remember the order of the planets. Use “My very educated mother just served us nachos” or
make up your own (be sure it works!)
Name
Color Group
Homeroom
The Solar System and Gravity
The Sun
These 4 inner
planets are
closest to the
sun and made
of rock.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
These 4 outer
planets are
further away
from the sun
and made of
gas.
----Asteroid Belt---Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
(Pluto is no longer a planet. It is now considered a “dwarf planet.”)
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Neptune.
Gravity: A force that pulls two objects toward each other. Gravity causes
the planets to travel in orbits around the sun.
Your card should…
 Have your name, homeroom, and color group in the top right corner
 Have all vocabulary words listed above spelled correctly
 Be neat, well organized, and easy to read
 Look like you used a ruler to help you if you drew any lines
 Have the C.O.P.S – proper capitalization, organization, punctuation, and spelling