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