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