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