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