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