Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System
Remember (Star, planet or moon?): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Mercury is closest, Venus is hottest, Mars is the red planet, Jupiter is the biggest, Saturn is famous for its rings, Neptune is farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon is Earth’s moon; Titan and Ganymede are moons of other planets.
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- 1.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Sun switches off (d) the Moon hides the Sun
- 3.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 4.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
- 5.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
- 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
- 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
- 8.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 9.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 10.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 11.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
- 13.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
- 15.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the sun
- 16.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 18.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
- 21.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
- 22.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
- 23.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
- 24.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
- 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 26.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
- 27.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
- 28.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
- 29.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
- 30.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 32.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a comet (d) a moon
- 33.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
- 34.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Mars
- 36.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
- 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
- 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Titan
- 39.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
- 40.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- True
- Earth spins on its axis
- a planet
- Neptune
- 24
- Jupiter
- 6
- a moon
- 1
- a star
- a star
- Ganymede
- False
- spins tipped on its side
- is famous for its rings
- False
- a planet
- True
- False
- Uranus
- is closest to the sun
- Saturn
- 1
- is farthest from the sun
- 2
- 8
- is the biggest planet
- Mars
- is the planet we live on
- False
- a moon
- a star
- Jupiter
- True
- the Sun
- the Pole Star
- 5
- Titan
- Venus
- True
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