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