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