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