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