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