Solar System Scale - Worksheet 1
Grade 5•Science•Solar System Scale
Aligned to: 5-ESS1-1
Answer the following questions about solar system scale.
1.
If you made a scale model of the solar system with the Sun the size of a basketball, Earth would be the size of a small bead placed about 100 feet away. What does this model help us understand?
A.The Sun is not very big
B.The huge difference in size between the Sun and planets, and the enormous distances between them
C.All planets are the same size
D.The solar system is very small
2.
If light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth, what does that tell us about the distance between Earth and the Sun?
A.They are very close together
B.The distance is enormous -- light travels extremely fast, yet it still takes 8 minutes
C.Light moves slowly
D.The Sun is small
3.
Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
A.Earth
B.Saturn
C.Jupiter
D.Neptune
4.
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
A.Earth
B.Venus
C.Mercury
D.Mars
5.
How does the Sun compare in size to the planets?
A.Smaller than all planets
B.Same size as Earth
C.Much larger than all planets combined
D.Smaller than Jupiter
6.
About how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
A.1 second
B.8 minutes
C.1 hour
D.1 day
7.
How far is Earth from the Sun?
A.1 mile
B.1,000 miles
C.About 93 million miles
D.10 miles
8.
The Sun is a star.
9.
Jupiter is bigger than all other planets combined.
10.
The planets are very close together.
11.
The is a star at the center of our solar system.
12.
Light from the Sun takes about minutes to reach Earth.