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