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