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