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