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