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