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