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