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Label the planets in our solar system worksheet.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "Planets of Our Solar System" showing the Sun and eight planets orbiting in their respective paths, with blank lines to label each planet.

A colorful educational worksheet titled "Planets of Our Solar System" showing the Sun and eight planets orbiting in their respective paths, with blank lines to label each planet.

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Let’s solve this step by step.

We are looking at a diagram of our solar system with the Sun in the center and planets orbiting around it. The task is to label each planet in order from closest to the Sun to farthest away.

Here’s how we do it:

1. Start from the Sun (the big yellow ball in the middle).
2. The first planet closest to the Sun is Mercury — it’s small and gray, right next to the Sun.
3. Next is Venus — it’s yellowish and a bit bigger than Mercury.
4. Then comes Earth — blue and green, with clouds and oceans.
5. After Earth is Mars — red/orange color, smaller than Earth.
6. Then we have Jupiter — the biggest planet, with red and orange stripes.
7. Next is Saturn — famous for its rings!
8. Then Uranus — light blue, no rings shown here but still recognizable by color.
9. Last one is Neptune — dark blue, farthest from the Sun.

Now let’s match them to the boxes on the right side of the image, going from top to bottom (which corresponds to farthest to closest? Wait — actually, look at the lines: the top box connects to the outermost planet, which is Neptune. So the boxes go from outermost (top) to innermost (bottom).

Wait — let’s check the lines carefully:

- Top box → points to the dark blue planet (farthest out) → that’s Neptune
- Second box → light blue planet → Uranus
- Third box → ringed planet → Saturn
- Fourth box → striped giant → Jupiter
- Fifth box → red planet → Mars
- Sixth box → blue-green planet → Earth
- Seventh box → yellowish planet → Venus
- Bottom box → tiny gray planet near Sun → Mercury

But wait — there are 8 boxes and 8 planets. Let’s list them in order from the Sun outward:

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune

In the diagram, the lines connect each planet to a box on the right. Looking at the positions:

- The bottom-most line goes to the smallest planet near the Sun → Mercury
- Next up → Venus
- Then → Earth
- Then → Mars
- Then → Jupiter
- Then → Saturn
- Then → Uranus
- Topmost → Neptune

So if we read the boxes from bottom to top, they correspond to planets from closest to farthest.

But the worksheet doesn’t specify direction — however, typically in such worksheets, the boxes are meant to be filled in order from the Sun outward OR as labeled by the lines.

Actually, looking again: each line connects a planet to a specific box. We just need to write the correct name in each box based on which planet the line points to.

Let’s trace each line:

Starting from the top box:
- Line goes to the dark blue planet at the very edge → Neptune

Second box from top:
- Line goes to the light blue planet → Uranus

Third box:
- Line goes to the ringed planet → Saturn

Fourth box:
- Line goes to the large striped planet → Jupiter

Fifth box:
- Line goes to the reddish planet → Mars

Sixth box:
- Line goes to the blue-green planet → Earth

Seventh box:
- Line goes to the yellowish planet → Venus

Bottom box:
- Line goes to the tiny gray planet near the Sun → Mercury

That matches the actual order from farthest to closest — but since the question says “label each planet”, and the lines point to specific boxes, we fill each box with the name of the planet the line connects to.

Final Answer:
Top to bottom (as per the boxes on the right):

Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of order of planets worksheet.
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