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