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