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) False (b) True
- 2.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
- 4.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 5.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 6.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 7.👩🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) a diver
- 8.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
- 9.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
- 11.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
- 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
- 13.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
- 14.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
- 15.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
- 16.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 18.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
- 19.True or false: Neptune is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
- 21.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
- 22.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
- 23.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
- 24.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 25.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon (d) a comet
- 26.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Saturn (d) Titan
- 27.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) the Moon
- 30.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the biggest planet
- 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
- 33.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
- 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
- 35.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 36.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
- 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
- 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
- 39.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 40.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- a moon
- Sirius
- a planet
- a star
- 1
- an astronaut
- Venus
- False
- 24
- Neptune
- 8
- Uranus
- it reflects sunlight
- Mercury
- True
- Mars
- is the biggest planet
- False
- spins tipped on its side
- Saturn
- 365
- is the hottest planet
- False
- a star
- the Sun
- False
- True
- Venus
- is called the red planet
- 2
- 4
- 8
- Ganymede
- a moon
- is closest to the sun
- is farthest from the sun
- 3
- a moon
- True
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