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