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