The Planet Quiz Show  



Answer:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Student Activity:   Can you devise your own mnemonic to help you remember the correct ordering of the planets? Examples are found below.

 
The original mnemonics that were written when Pluto was still a planet follow:



[The New Solar System]
The New Solar System no Longer Includes Pluto:   This drawing is courtesy of the International Astronomical Union which voted to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet in August 2006.
 

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