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