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