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