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