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