Educational cut-and-paste activity for ordering planets from the Sun.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are asked to put the planets in order from the Sun — meaning, which planet is closest to the Sun (that’s #1), then the next closest (#2), and so on up to #8.

The four planets shown in the cut-out boxes are:
- Neptune
- Uranus
- Mars
- Mercury

We need to remember the correct order of all 8 planets from the Sun:

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

Now let’s match each planet from the cut-outs to its position:

- Mercury → Position 1
- Mars → Position 4
- Uranus → Position 7
- Neptune → Position 8

So when you paste them into the numbered circles on the worksheet:

- Circle 1: Mercury
- Circle 4: Mars
- Circle 7: Uranus
- Circle 8: Neptune

(The other circles — 2, 3, 5, 6 — are for Venus, Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, but those aren’t included in the cut-outs, so we only place the four given planets.)

Final Answer:
Paste Mercury in circle 1, Mars in circle 4, Uranus in circle 7, and Neptune in circle 8.