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