planets [reading and understanding information] [position from the Sun]

• Venus
  2nd planet from the Sun.
  Earth's twin in size.
  Named after Roman goddess of love and beauty
  Diameter: 12,104 km.
  Orbit: 225 Earth days.
  Day: 241 Earth days.
  

• Saturn
  6th planet from the Sun.
  Known for its rings.
  Named after the Roman god of agriculture.
  Diameter: 120,500 km.
  Orbit: 29.5 Earth years.
  Day: 10.5 Earth hours.
  

• Mars
  4th planet from the Sun.
  Named after the Roman god of war.
  Diameter: 6,787 km.
  Orbit: 687 Earth days.
  Day: 24 hours, 37 minutes.
  

• Mercury
  Closest to the Sun.
  Mercury is the smallest.
  Named after the messenger of the Roman gods.
  Diameter: 4,878 km.
  Orbit: 88 Earth days.
  Day: 58.6 Earth days.
  

• Jupiter
  5th planet from Sun.
  A gas giant
  Biggest planet in our solar system.
  Named after the ruler of the Roman gods.
  Diameter: 139,822 km.
  Orbit: 11.9 Earth years.
  Day: 9.8 Earth hours.
  

• Earth
  3rd planet from the Sun.
  Name comes from "Die Erde," the German word for "the ground."
  Diameter: 12,760 km.
  Orbit: 365.24 days.
  Day: 23 hours, 56 minutes.
  

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Taking the first letter of each answer gives you a letter combination, but which one?
VEMJSM EMJSMV MJSMVE MVEMJS JSMVME SMVMEJ  

As you hover over each picture there is information for you to read and understand. Look at the words in each of the blue labels. In this activity you have drag and drop the pictures into their order from the Sun. You can change the order at any time. Write down the first letter of each planet in your order. Using these letters answer the 1 question quiz at the bottom of the screen. To restart the activity just refresh the page.