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