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