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