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