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