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Solar System and Planets Worksheet (Grade 4)

Free printable solar system worksheet for Grade 4. Students learn the eight planets in order, the Sun, moons, asteroids and comets, with an answer key.

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Solar System and Planets Worksheet

Our solar system has the Sun, eight planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Read each clue and write the answer.

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  1. 1.
    Which planet is famous for its bright, wide rings?
  2. 2.
    A small rocky body that orbits the Sun, many found between Mars and Jupiter, is an ___.
  3. 3.
    We fly up into space in a ___.
  4. 4.
    A person who travels into space is called an ___.
  5. 5.
    Jupiter and Saturn are enormous planets made mostly of gas, so they are called gas ___.
  6. 6.
    Which force keeps the planets moving around the Sun?
  7. 7.
    The path a planet takes around the Sun is called its ___.
  8. 8.
    At night we can look up and see the Moon and many tiny ___.
  9. 9.
    How many planets are in our solar system?
    • a) seven
    • b) eight
    • c) nine
  10. 10.
    Earth's natural satellite is the ___.
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