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