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