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