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Go to the website The Planet Page at STARCHILD from NASA
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html

1. What are the inner planets mostly made from?___________________________________

2. What are the outer planets mostly made from?__________________________________

3. Mercury is about the same size as what other object in space?_____________________

4.It gets so hot on Venus that a ________________________________________could melt.

5.Earth is made mostly of what element?_________________________________________

6. What are the shapes of  the two unusual moons of Mars?_______________________________

7. What is the name of Jupiter's large swirling area of gas? __________________________

8. How many rings do scientist think Saturn has?__________________________________

9. What gives Uranus its blue-green color? _______________________________________

10. What do scientist think the dark spots are on Neptune? __________________________

11. Scientist think that Pluto is not a planet but is really a ____________________________.

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