09 - Planet Clue Cards

 
Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clue

• The Five planets nearest the Sun are Earth, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and mars, not necessarily in that order.

 

Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clues

• Early astronomers knew that Venus and Mercury were the only two planets closer to the Sun than our planet Earth.

• Saturn is nearer Earth than Neptune.

Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clues

• The five planets farther from the Sun are Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn, not necessarily in that order.

• Four of the planets are much larger than the other five planets, but have a lower density.

Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clues

• Mercury and Pluto have seven planets between them.

• There is just one planet between Uranus and Pluto.

Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clues

• Uranus is between Saturn and Neptune.

• The five terrestrial or earthlike planets are Earth, Pluto, Venus, Mars and Mercury.

Planet Clue Card

These are your clues to help solve the group's problem. Read them to the group, but do not show them to anyone.

Arrange the nine planets in order based on their relative distance from the Sun.

Clues

• Copernicus in the 16th century knew of six planets: Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus. These are the six planets closest to the Sun.

• Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun.