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