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