Solar System Exploration
A Grade 5 science worksheet exploring the planets, characteristics, and order of our solar system.
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Solar System Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided image to help you.
1. Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
2. Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
3. The Sun is a that provides light and heat to our solar system.
4. The planet with prominent rings made of ice and rock is .
5. Earth is the planet from the Sun.
6. All planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in the same direction.
True
False
7. Pluto is still considered a planet in our solar system.
True
False
8. Name the four inner, rocky planets in order from the Sun.
9. What is the main difference between an inner planet and an outer planet?