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