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