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