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