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