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