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