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