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