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