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