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