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