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