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